Allergy in marathon runners and effect of Lactobacillus GG supplementation on allergic inflammatory markers

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1123-1131

  Moreira, André ^a,b   Kekkonen, Riina ^c,d   Korpela, Riitta ^c,d,e   Delgado, Luís ^a,b   Haahtela, Tari ^f  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^e FOUNDATION FOR NUTRITION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Athletes; Eosinophil cationic protein; IgE; Lactobacillus GG

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATHLETE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; PROBIOTICS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RUNNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247571436     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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