Clinical sepsis in neonates is responsible for the lower prevalence of developing allergy

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-18

  Ryozawa, Manami ^a   Matsubara, Tomoyo ^a   Ichiyama, Takashi ^a   Umeda, Kaoru ^b   Furukawa, Susumu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Umeda Gynecological Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Clinical sepsis in neonates; Hygiene hypothesis; Maternal atopy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GESTATION PERIOD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URTICARIA;

ASTHMA; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SEPSIS;

EID: 33846430019     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02309.x     Document Type: Article

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