Sensitization patterns to food and inhalant allergens in childhood: A comparison of non-sensitized, monosensitized, and polysensitized children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-171

  Baatenburg De Jong, Adriana ^a   Dikkeschei, Lambert D ^a   Brand, Paul L P ^a  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Polysensitization; Sensitization; Specific IgE

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG ALLERGY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GRASS POLLEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK ALLERGY; PEANUT; PEANUT ALLERGY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; WHEAT; WHEAT ALLERGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; MITES; NETHERLANDS; POLLEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951803918     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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