Peanut sensitization in a group of allergic Egyptian children

Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hossny, Elham ^a   Gad, Ghada ^a   Shehab, Abeer ^a   El Haddad, Amgad ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b VACSERA   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PEANUT EXTRACT;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECZEMA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEANUT ALLERGY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY; URTICARIA;

EID: 84862116022     PISSN: 17101484     EISSN: 17101492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-7-11     Document Type: Article

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