Specific profiles of house dust mite sensitization in children with asthma and in children with eczema

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 4 PART2, 2010, Pages

  Shek, Lynette Pei Chi ^a   Chong, Angeline R ^b   Soh, Shu E ^a   Cheong, Nge ^a   Teo, Audrey S M ^a   Yi, Fong C ^a   Giam, Yoke C ^c   Chua, Kaw Y ^a   Van Bever, Hugo P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asthma; Blomia tropicalis; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Eczema; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN BLO T 5; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ANTIGEN P 1; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ANTIGEN P 5; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT ANTIGEN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ASTHMA; CHILD; ECZEMA; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 79951780297     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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