Is Serum Total IgE levels a good predictor of Allergies in Children?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 698-702

  Satwani, Hema ^a   Rehman, Arshalooz ^a   Ashraf, Sohail ^a   Hassan, Anwar ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOSINOPHILIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ALLERGY; WEANING;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 70349283042     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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