Role of elevated immunoglobulin E levels in suppurative otitis media

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-127

  Lasisi, Akeem O ^a   Arinola, Olatubosun G ^a   Olayemi, Oladapo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MOULD; PATHOGENESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; SKIN TESTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 48749117748     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532808X302143     Document Type: Article

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