The role of atopic sensitization in flexural eczema: Findings from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase Two

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Flohr, Carsten ^a   Weiland, Stephan K ^b   Weinmayr, Gudrun ^b   Björkstén, Bengt ^c   Bråbäck, Lennart ^d   Brunekreef, Bert ^e   Büchele, Gisela ^b   Clausen, Michael ^f   Cookson, William O C ^g   von Mutius, Erika ^h   Strachan, David P ⁱ   Williams, Hywel C ^a  

^a Institute of Clinical Research   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; atopy; Eczema; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLLEN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST;

EID: 38149052103     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.08.066     Document Type: Article

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