Early dog exposure: Potential pathways to allergic disease

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1568-1571

  Wright, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; MURAMIC ACID;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; DOG; ECZEMA; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING;

AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DOGS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 53749104380     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03057.x     Document Type: Editorial

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