Domestic dog exposure at birth reduces the incidence of atopic dermatitis

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1736-1744

  Thorsteinsdottir, S ^a   Thyssen, J P ^a   Stokholm, J ^a   Vissing, N H ^a   Waage, J ^a   Bisgaard, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; dog; pediatrics; perinatal exposures; risk factor

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; FILAGGRIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RHINITIS; SELF REPORT; AGE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUTATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE RECEPTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 84982986529     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12980     Document Type: Article

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