Can sensitization to aeroallergens disappear over time in children with allergic disease?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1361-1364

  Jacobs, K D ^a   Brand, P L P ^a,b  

^a Princess Amalia Children's Clinic   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aeroallergens; Longitudinal change; Sensitization; Specific immunoglobulin E; Variability

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PLANTS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955901745     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01777.x     Document Type: Article

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