Atopic Dermatitis in Early Life: Evidence for at Least Three Phenotypes? Results from the GUSTO Study

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 273-279

  Loo, Evelyn Xiu Ling ^a   Shek, Lynette Pei Chi ^a,c   Goh, Anne ^e   Teoh, Oon Hoe ^f   Chan, Yiong Huak ^d   Soh, Shu E ^a,b   Saw, Seang Mei ^b   Kwek, Kenneth ^g   Gluckman, Peter D ^h,i   Godfrey, Keith M ^j,k   Chong, Yap Seng ^a   Lee, Bee Wah ^a   Van Bever, Hugo P ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^e Allergy Service   (Singapore)

^f Internal Medicine Residency   (Singapore)

^g KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^h AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^k MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Phenotypes; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FOOD ALLERGEN; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLERGY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; NEWBORN; PEDIGREE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84928668806     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000381342     Document Type: Article

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