IL13 variants are associated with total serum IgE and early sensitization to food allergens in children with atopic dermatitis

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 551-555

  Zitnik, Simona Eva ^a,b   Rüschendorf, Franz ^c   Müller, Sebastian ^a   Sengler, Claudia ^a   Lee, Young Ae ^a,c   Griffioen, Rupino W ^d   Meglio, Paolo ^e   Wahn, Ulrich ^a   Witt, Heiko ^a   Nickel, Renate ^a,f  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f Campus Virchow ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Early treatment of the atopic child; Genetics; Immunoglobulin E; Interleukin 13

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG ALLERGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CETIRIZINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EGG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EGGS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-13; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249150519     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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