Analysis of skin testing and serum-specific immunoglobulin E to predict airway reactivity to cat allergens

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-399

  Fernandez C ^a   Cardenas R ^a   Martin D ^a   Garcimartin M ^a   Romero, S ^a   De La Camara A G ^a   Vives, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cat allergy; Cut off; Logistic regression; ROC curve; Serum specific IgE; Skin tests

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CALCULATION; CAT; DANDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROVOCATION TEST; ROC CURVE; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33847791942     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02659.x     Document Type: Article

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