Coughing in pre-school children in general practice: When are RAST's for inhalation allergy indicated?

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 394-400

  Eysink, Petra E D ^a   Bottema, Ben J A M ^b   Ter Riet, Gerben ^a,c   Aalberse, Rob C ^d   Stapel, Steven O ^e   Bindels, Patrick J E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy testing; Cross sectional study; Diagnostic model; General practice; Immunoglobulin E; Pre school children

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SMOKING;

ALLERGENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 7044230863     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2004.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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