Re: Body mass index and allergic sensitization in children with asthma or type 1 diabetes

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1044-1045

  Silvestri, M ^a   Tosca, M A ^a   Ciprandi, G ^b   D'Annunzio, G ^c   Lorini, R ^c   Rossi, G A ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; HORMONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DESENSITIZATION; ECZEMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WHEEZING;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79958861464     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03757.x     Document Type: Letter

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