The skin prick test results of 977 patients suffering from chronic rhinitis in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-136

  Yuen, Anthony P W ^a   Cheung, Swana ^a   Tang, K C ^a   Ho, W K ^a   Wong, Birgitta Y H ^a   Cheung, Amy C S ^a   Ho, Ambrose C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Allergens; Allergic; Perennial; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CHILD; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOULD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CATS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCKROACHES; DOGS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RHINITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 34147145441     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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