Peanut sensitization during the first 5yr of life is associated with elevated levels of peanut-specific IgG

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-229

  Sverremark Ekstrom E ^a   Hultgren, E H ^a   Borres, M P ^b   Nilsson, C ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ara h 2; Ara h 8; IgE; IgG; IgG4; Peanut; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEANUT; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

2S ALBUMINS, PLANT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84859836818     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2012.01290.x     Document Type: Article

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