Comparison of ADVIA Centaur® and Pharmacia UniCAP® tests in the diagnosis of food allergy in children with atopic dermatitis

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 614-620

  Contin Bordes, Cécile ^a   Petersen, Anita ^b   Chahine, Isabelle ^a   Boralevi, Franck ^c   Chahine, Hikmat ^d   Taïeb, Alain ^c   Sarrat, Anne ^a   Moreau, Jean François ^a   Taupin, Jean Luc ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b ALK ABELLÓ   (Denmark)

^c Children's Hospital   (France)

^d Laboratoire Forte et Associés   (France)

Author keywords

ADVIA Centaur ; Atopic dermatitis; Food allergy; Specific IgE assay; UniCAP100 system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PEANUT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SOYBEAN; WHEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 36248940786     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2007.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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