Febrile and gynecological infections during pregnancy are associated with a greater risk of childhood eczema

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 159-165

  Pesce, Giancarlo ^a   Marcon, Alessandro ^a   Marchetti, Pierpaolo ^a   Girardi, Paolo ^a   De Marco, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Children; Dermatitis; Epidemiology; Fetal exposures; Gestation; Prenatal exposures; Skin; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84896115625     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12160     Document Type: Article

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