Effect of house dust mite-free pillow on clinical course of asthma and IgE level - A randomized, double-blind, controlled study

Pediatric Asthma, Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 137-143

  Nambu, Mitsuhiko ^a   Shirai, Hideharu ^b   Sakaguchi, Masahiro ^c   Aihara, Maki ^d   Takatori, Kosuke ^d  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b University of Tokyo   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 58149232774     PISSN: 08831874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pai.2008.0002     Document Type: Article

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