Pediatric allergy and immunology in Japan

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 704-714

  Ebisawa, Motohiro ^a   Nishima, Sankei ^b   Ohnishi, Hidenori ^c   Kondo, Naomi ^c  

^a SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Bronchial asthma; Epidemiology; Food allergy; Guideline; Immunology; Japan; Oral food challenge; Oral immunotherapy; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; ISOPRENALINE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BANANA; BASIC RESEARCH; BEEF; BUCKWHEAT; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CINCA SYNDROME; CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DAIRY PRODUCT; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EGG; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; HYPOHIDROTIC ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); JAPAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KIWIFRUIT; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MILK; MILK ALLERGY; MORTALITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; MUSHROOM; ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRICIAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SALMON; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; SHELLFISH; SOYBEAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY; SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; TRICHOLOMA MATSUTAKE; VACCINATION; WALNUT; WHEAT; WHEEZING;

ALLERGY; BRONCHIAL ASTHMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD ALLERGY; GUIDELINE; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; ORAL FOOD CHALLENGE; ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; PEDIATRICS;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; JAPAN; PEDIATRICS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84885813530     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12117     Document Type: Review

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