Role of allergen sensitization in older adults

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 427-433

  Viswanathan, Ravi K ^a,b   Mathur, Sameer K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Allergen; Allergy; Asthma; Elderly; IgE; Immunosenescence; RAST; Sensitization; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; ALLERGEN SENSITIZATION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; INFLAMMATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRICK TEST; SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ALLERGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 81055140588     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-011-0204-9     Document Type: Article

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