Sensitisation patterns and association with age, gender, and clinical symptoms in children with allergic rhinitis in primary care: A cross-sectional study

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-160

  de Bot, Cindy M A ^a   Röder, Esther ^a   Pols, David H J ^a   Bindels, Patrick J E ^a   van Wijk, Roy Gerth ^a   van der Wouden, Johannes C ^b   Moed, Heleen ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Children; Clinical symptoms; Cross sectional study; Primary care; Sensitisation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIZATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84878488916     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00015     Document Type: Article

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