Elevated serum immunoglobulin e (IgE): When to suspect hyper-IgE syndrome-A 10-year pediatric tertiary care center experience

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-27

  Joshi, Avni Y ^a,b,d   Iyer, Vivek N ^c   Boyce, Thomas G ^a   Hagan, John B ^b   Park, Miguel A ^b   Abraham, Roshini S ^b,d  

^a Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Allergic Diseases   (United States)

^c Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Differential diagnosis; Hyper ige syndrome; Immunodeficiency; Parasite; Pediatrics; Stat3

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPER IGE SYNDROME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PARASITOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, GENETIC; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JOB'S SYNDROME; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 63449113344     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: 15396304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2009.30.3193     Document Type: Article

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