Sensitization to mouse allergen and asthma and asthma morbidity among women in Boston

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 954-956

  Phipatanakul, Wanda ^a,b,c   Litonjua, Augusto A ^b,c   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^d   Naccara, Lisa M ^d   Celedón, Juan C ^b,c   Abdulkerim, Hassen ^b,c   Hoffman, Elaine B ^e   Gold, Diane R ^b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STEROID;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ASTHMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SERUM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MORBIDITY;

EID: 34948885686     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.05.010     Document Type: Letter

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