No association between tuberculin skin test and atopy in a bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccinated birth cohort

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 545-550

  Eifan, Aarif O ^a   Akkoc, Tunc ^a   Ozdemir, Cevdet ^a   Bahceciler, Nerin N ^a   Barlan, Isil B ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Birth cohort; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; FOOD ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BCG VACCINATION; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BCG VACCINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS; SKIN TESTS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 69249154716     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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