Cow's milk and ovalbumin-specific igg and iga in children with eczema: Low β-lactoglobulin-specific igg4 levels are associated with cow's milk allergy

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 590-596

  Savilahti, Emma M ^a   Viljanen, Mirva ^a   Kuitunen, Mikael ^a   Savilahti, Erkki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

lactoglobulin; Cow's milk allergy; Eczema; IgG4; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CASEIN; BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; OVALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECZEMA; EGG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; MILK ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMALS; CASEINS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; LACTOGLOBULINS; MALE; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; OVALBUMIN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84865388507     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2012.01277.x     Document Type: Article

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