Clonorchis sinensis infection is positively associated with atopy in endemic area

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 697-705

  Choi, M H ^a   Chang, Y S ^a,b   Lim, M K ^c   Bae, Y M ^a   Hong, S T ^a   Oh, J K ^c   Yun, E H ^c   Bae, M J ^c   Kwon, H S ^a   Lee, S M ^a   Park, H W ^a   Min, K U ^a   Kim, Y Y ^a   Cho, S H ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Clonorchis sinensis; Human

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INHALATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 79954507156     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03746.x     Document Type: Article

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