Total serum IgE in a population-based study of asian children in Taiwan: Reference value and significance in the diagnosis of allergy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Tu, Yu Ling ^a,b   Chang, Su Wei ^a   Tsai, Hui Ju ^c,d   Chen, Li Chen ^a,b   Lee, Wen I ^a,b   Hua, Man Chin ^b   Cheng, Ju Hui ^a   Ou, Liang Shiou ^a,b   Yeh, Kuo Wei ^a,b   Huang, Jing Long ^a,b   Yao, Tsung Chieh ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RHINITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84894249000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080996     Document Type: Article

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