Caesarean section and gastrointestinal symptoms, atopic dermatitis, and sensitisation during trie first year of life

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 993-997

  Laubereau, B ^b   Filipiak Pittroff, B ^b   Von Berg, A ^c   Grubl A ^d   Reinhardt, D ^e   Wichmann, H E ^b   Koletzko, S ^a,e  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MARIEN HOSPITAL WESEL   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ALLERGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; ADULT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOOD ALLERGY; GENETICS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 7944221717     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.043265     Document Type: Article

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