Testing children for allergies: Why, how, who and when: An updated statement of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Section on Pediatrics and the EAACI-Clemens von Pirquet Foundation

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-209

  Eigenmann, P A ^a   Atanaskovic Markovic, M ^b,c   O'B Hourihane, J ^d   Lack, G ^e   Lau, S ^f   Matricardi, P M ^f   Muraro, A ^g   Namazova Baranova, L ^h   Nieto, A ⁱ   Papadopoulos, N G ^j   Rethy L A ^k   Roberts, G ^l,m   Rudzeviciene, O ⁿ   Wahn, U ^f   Wickman, M ^o   Host A ^p  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^k National Institute of Child Health   (Hungary)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^m David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^o SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^p ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Atopiceczema dermatitis; Atopy; Childhood; Conjunctivitis; Cough; Drug allergy; Food allergy; Hymenoptera allergy; IgE tests; Rhinitis; Skin testing; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84875484064     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12066     Document Type: Review

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