Thirty cases of bronchial asthma associated with exposure to pet hamsters

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-224

  Niitsuma, Tomoyuki ^a   Tsuji, A ^a   Nukaga, M ^a   Izawa, A ^a   Okita, M ^a   Maruoka, N ^a   Oguchi, A ^a   Morita, S ^a   Matsumura, Y ^a   Tsuyuguchi, M ^a   Hayashi, T ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Hamster; Pet allergy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAP RAST SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DWARF HAMSTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HAMSTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MITE; PET HAMSTER; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SPECIES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 6344241644     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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