The predictive value of total serum IgE for a positive allergen specific IgE result

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 956-959

  Sinclair, D ^a   Peters, S A ^b  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4444253604     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.017681     Document Type: Article

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