Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and sensitization to common aeroallergens in a Japanese population

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-261

  Sakashita, Masafumi ^a,b   Hirota, Tomomitsu ^a   Harada, Michishige ^a   Nakamichi, Reiichiro ^a   Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko ^a   Osawa, Yoko ^b   Kojima, Akihiro ^b   Okamoto, Masayuki ^b   Suzuki, Dai ^b   Kubo, Seita ^b   Imoto, Yoshimasa ^b   Nakamura, Yusuke ^a   Tamari, Mayumi ^a   Fujieda, Shigeharu ^b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen; Allergic rhinitis; Dust mite; Japanese cedar pollen; Specific human IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA ALLERGEN; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; JAPANESE CEDAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEDRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 70349412099     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000242363     Document Type: Article

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