Relevance of serum IgE estimation in allergic bronchial asthma with special reference to food allergy

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 191-199

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Singh, Bhanu P ^b   Srivastava, Prakriti ^a   Sridhara, Susheela ^b   Arora, Naveen ^b   Gaur, Shailendra N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CITRUS FRUIT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INDIAN; LENTIL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRICK TEST; RICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA SATIVA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33847370670     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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