Prevalence of sensitivity to cockroach allergens and IgE cross-reactivity between cockroach and house dust mite allergens in Chinese patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3540-3544

  Sun, Bao Qing ^a   Lai, Xu Xin ^b   Gjesing, Birgitte ^b   Spangfort, Michael Dho ^b   Zhong, Nan Shan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ALK A/S   (China)

Author keywords

Cockroach; House dust mite; IgE cross reactivity; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COCKROACH ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BLATTA GERMANICA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHINESE; COCKROACH; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COCKROACHES; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 78650588642     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.24.007     Document Type: Article

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