Does heredity determine the allergy manifestation or the sensitisation to a specific allergen?

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 56-59

  Yilmaz Demirdag, Y ^a   Prather, B ^a   Bahna, S L ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Genetics; Heredity; IgE; Twins

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FAMILY HISTORY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; PATCH TEST; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TWIN CONCORDANCE;

AGE OF ONSET; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; RHINITIS; SKIN TESTS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77951092606     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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