Sensitization to inhalant allergens between 4 and 8 years of age is a dynamic process: Results from the BAMSE birth cohort

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1507-1513

  Asarnoj, A ^a,b   Ostblom E ^a,c   Kull, I ^a,d   Lilja, G ^a,c   Pershagen, G ^a,d   Hedlin, G ^a,b   Van Hage, M ^a   Wickman, M ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergy; BAMSE; Childhood; IgE; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EGG WHITE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

AIR; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CAT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DANDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; FOOD ALLERGY; HORSE; HUMAN; INHALATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MILK ALLERGY; MITE; MOULD; PEANUT ALLERGY; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; WHEAT ALLERGY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BETULA; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; POLLEN;

EID: 50249163747     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03046.x     Document Type: Article

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