Evaluation of atopy among mouth-breathing pediatric patients referred for treatment to a tertiary care center

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 458-464

  Barros, Juliana R C ^a   Becker, Helena M G ^a   Pinto, Jorge A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UFMG ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergen; Allergic rhinitis; Atopy; Dust mites; Mouth breathers

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; MOUTH BREATHING; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONSILLECTOMY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MITES; MOUTH BREATHING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33845501652     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1561     Document Type: Article

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