Usefulness of specific IgE levels in predicting cow's milk allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 531-533

  van der Gugten, Anne C ^a   den Otter, Martine ^a   Meijer, Yolanda ^a   Pasmans, Suzanne G A M ^b   Knulst, André C ^b   Hoekstra, Maarten O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MILK; MILK ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39149111222     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.10.042     Document Type: Letter

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