Sensitization to dermatophagoides, Blomia tropicalis, and other mites in atopic patients

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 849-852

  Sade, Kobi ^a   Roitman, Daniel ^a   Kivity, Shmuel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allergy; Blomia; Dermatophagoides; Mites

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ACARUS SIRO; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BLOMIA; BLOMIA KULAGINI; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; GLYCYPHAGUS DOMESTICUS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; ISRAEL; LEPIDOGLYPHUS DESTRUCTOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; SENSITIZATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MITES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957358370     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.506683     Document Type: Article

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