Urticaria is associated with birch-pollen sensitization

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 692-695

  Hesselmar, B ^a,c   Eriksson, B ^b   Aberg N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergens; Food allergens; Pollens; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CAT; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; HORSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITE; MOULD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSE; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; BETULA; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LOGISTIC MODELS; POLLEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 36849086426     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2007.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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