A study on 300 asthmatic children, 300 controls and their parents confirms the genetic transmission of allergy and asthma

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1051-1056

  Cantani, Arnaldo ^a   Micera, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Atopic dermatitis; Children; Family history; Food allergy; Genetic factors; Urticaria; Young age

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; OCULORHINITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; RHINITIS; SIBLING; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRADERMAL TESTS; ITALY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80054855363     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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