Eczema exacerbation and food atopy beyond infancy: How should we advise Chinese parents about dietary history, eczema severity, and skin prick testing?

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-230

  Hon, Kam Lun Ellis ^a,c   Leung, Ting Fan ^a   Lam, Man Ching Adrian ^a   Wong, Kin Yee ^a   Chow, Chung Mo ^a   Ko, Wai San Fanny ^a   Fok, Tai Fai ^a   Leung, Alexander K C ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Beef; Children; Food avoidance; NESS

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PARENT; PEANUT; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; SENSITIZATION; SHRIMP;

ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MEAT; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 34250854009     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02849889     Document Type: Article

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