A study of relation between BCG scar and atopy in schoolchildren of Zanjan city

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 185-188

  Ahmadiafshar, Akefeh ^a   Parchegani, Mohammad Reza ^a   Moosavinasab, Nooredin ^a   Koosha, Ali ^a  

^a ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; BCG vaccine; Dermatitis, atopic

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SKIN SCAR; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TH1 CELL;

EID: 84966657770     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: 17355249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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