Predictivity of allergic sensitization (RAST) for the onset of allergic diseases in adults

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-86

  Schoefer, Y ^a   Schafer T ^b   Meisinger, C ^a   Wichmann, H E ^a,c   Heinrich, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic sensitization; Radioallergosorbent test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BIRCH; CLADOSPORIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRASS POLLEN; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36649003502     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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