The impact of age on prevalence of positive skin prick tests and specific IgE tests

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 651-658

  Scichilone, Nicola ^a,c   Callari, Adriana ^a   Augugliaro, Giuseppe ^a   Marchese, Margherita ^a   Togias, Alkis ^b   Bellia, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Allergen; Asthma; Immunoglobulin E; Skin testing

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ATOPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALLERGENS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 79953029777     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.12.014     Document Type: Review

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