The prevalence of atopy in asthmatic children correlates strictly with the prevalence of atopy among nonasthmatic children

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-85

  Ronchetti, R ^a,c   Rennerova, Z ^b   Barreto, M ^a   Villa, M P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Srobar's Institute for Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis for Children   (Slovakia)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthmatic children; Atopy; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDLINE; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ASTHMA; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33845938773     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096031     Document Type: Review

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