Assessing skin prick tests reliability in ECRHS-I

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-346

  Bousquet, P J ^a,b   Chatzi, L ^c   Jarvis, D ^a   Burney, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (Greece)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin E; Predictive values; Sensibility; Sensitization; Skin prick test; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; CAT; CLADOSPORIUM; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EUROPEAN COMMUNITY RESPIRATORY HEALTH SURVEY I; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN TEST; YOUDEN INDEX;

EID: 38949177017     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01581.x     Document Type: Article

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