Agreement of specific IgE and skin prick test in an unselected cohort of two-year-old children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 479-484

  Rø, Anne D ^a   Saunes, Marit ^a,b   Smidesang, Ingeborg ^a   Storrø, Ola ^b   Øien, Torbjørn ^b   Moen, Torolf ^c   Johnsen, Roar ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis; Asthma; Atopic eczema; Child; Diagnostic agreement; Kappa; Sensitization; Skin prick test; Specific IgE; Total IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EGG WHITE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIRCH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; MOULD; PEANUT; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84860295243     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1580-9     Document Type: Article

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