Specific IgE of common foods in Chinese children with eczema

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 1 PART 1, 2011, Pages 50-53

  Hon, Kam L E ^a   Chan, Iris H S ^a   Chow, Chung Mo ^a   Wang, Shuxin S ^a   Lam, Christopher W K ^a   Ng, Pak Cheung ^a   Leung, Ting fan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Beef; Children; Food avoidance; Quality of life; SCORAD

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BEEF; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORANGE (FRUIT); PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SHRIMP; WHEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CATTLE; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ECZEMA; EGG WHITE; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78851469728     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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