Birth order and cord immunoglobulin E: Results using a high-sensitivity immunoglobulin E protocol

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-312

  Wegienka, Ganesa ^a   Havstad, Suzanne ^a   Shue, Leo ^a   Zoratti, Edward ^a   Ownby, Dennis R ^b   Johnson, Christine Cole ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic disease; Atopic disease; Birth order; Epidemiology; Immunoglobulin E

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 40949103165     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110889     Document Type: Article

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