Study of folate status among Egyptian asthmatics

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-211

  Farres, Mohamed N ^a   Shahin, Rasha Y ^a   Melek, Nermine A ^a   El Kabarity, Rania H ^a   Arafa, Naglaa A ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Folate; Skin prick test; Total serum IgE

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGYPT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LUNG; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 79551713748     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4424     Document Type: Article

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