The complexities of defining atopy in severe childhood asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 948-953

  Frith, J ^a   Fleming, L ^a   Bossley, C ^a   Ullmann, N ^a   Bush, A ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; IgE; Paediatric asthma; Severe asthma; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 79958831519     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03729.x     Document Type: Article

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