Decreased markers of atopy in children with presumed early exposure to allergens, unhygienic conditions, and infections

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-177

  Stelmach, Iwona ^a,b   Smejda, Katarzyna ^a   Jerzynska, Joanna ^a   Stelmach, Włodzimierz ^a   Majak, Pawel ^a   Stelmach, Piotr ^a   Kuna, Piotr ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b Department of Neurology   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; DISEASE MARKER; EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 34547954715     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60641-2     Document Type: Article

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