Chickenpox in childhood is associated with decreased atopic disorders, IgE, allergic sensitization, and leukocyte subsets

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-58

  Silverberg, Jonathan I ^a,b   Kleiman, Edward ^b   Silverberg, Nanette B ^a   Durkin, Helen G ^b   Joks, Rauno ^b   Smith Norowitz, Tamar A ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Allergic sensitization; Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Atopy; Basophil; Chickenpox; Eosinophil; Food allergy; ImmunoglobulinE; Lymphocyte; Monocyte; Neutrophil; Rhinoconjunctivitis; Varicella vaccine; Varicella zoster virus; Varivax

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BASOPHIL; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION;

AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856404307     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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