Prenatal versus postnatal priming of allergen specific immunologic memory: The debate continues

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 717-718

  Holt, Patrick G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ATOPY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD CARE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 53049106928     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.08.019     Document Type: Editorial

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