Total serum tryptase levels are higher in young infants

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 600-607

  Belhocine, Wahib ^a   Ibrahim, Zouher ^b   Grandné, Véronique ^a   Buffat, Christophe ^b   Robert, Philippe ^a,c   Gras, Delphine ^c   Cleach, Isabelle ^a   Bongrand, Pierre ^a,c   Carayon, Pierre ^b   Vitte, Joana ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Aix Marseille University Luminy Campus   (France)

Author keywords

Food allergy; Infant; Neonatal immunity; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRYPTASE;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPTASE BLOOD LEVEL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MAST CELLS; TRYPTASES;

EID: 80052877047     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01166.x     Document Type: Article

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