House dust mites on skin, clothes, and bedding of atopic dermatitis patients

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 790-795

  Teplitsky, Valery ^a,b,c   Mumcuoglu, Kosta Y ^a,b,c   Babai, Ilan ^a,b,c   Dalal, Ilan ^a,b,c   Cohen, Rifka ^a,b,c   Tanay, Amir ^a,b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; MALE; MITE; PRICK TEST; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOTHING; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PROBABILITY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 48249110034     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03657.x     Document Type: Article

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