Exposure to dog allergens and subsequent allergic sensitization: An updated review

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 424-428

  Smallwood, Jordan ^a   Ownby, Dennis ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related exposure; Allergens; Asthma; Can f 1; Dog; Hypoallergenic; IgE; Immunotherapy; Microbiome; Sensitization; Socioeconomic; Sublingual; Toxocara; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY; SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; TOXOCARIASIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84870553034     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-012-0277-0     Document Type: Article

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