Does allergy begin in utero?

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 394-402

  Lockett, Gabrielle A ^a   Huoman, Johanna ^b   Holloway, John W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c IN FLAME International Inflammation Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Early origin; Environment; Epigenetics; In utero effects

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE;

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937913495     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12408     Document Type: Review

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