Cat sensitization according to cat window of exposure in adult asthmatics

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1515-1521

  Oryszczyn, M P ^a,b   Van Ree, R ^c   MacCario, J ^a,d   Nadif, R ^a,b   Kauffmann, F ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Adult; Asthma; Cat; Specific IgE positivity; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70349157580     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03288.x     Document Type: Article

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