Association of Blattella germanica sensitization with atopic diseases in pediatric allergic patients

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 521-527

  La Grutta, Stefania ^a   Cibella, Fabio ^b   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^c   Cuttitta, Giuseppina ^b   Liotta, Giuseppe ^b   Ferlisi, Annalisa ^b   Viegi, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Asthma; Blattella germanica; Children; Rhinoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADOLESCENT; ALMOND; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; ATOPY INDEX; BLATTA GERMANICA; CAT; CHILD; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM HERBARUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; EGG ALLERGY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INSECT ALLERGY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK ALLERGY; NONHUMAN; OLIVE TREE; PARIETARIA; PARIETARIA JUDAICA; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA; WHEAT ALLERGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BLATTELLIDAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 79960561898     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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