Egg sensitization, allergy and component patterns in African children with atopic dermatitis

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 709-715

  Gray, Claudia L ^a,b   Levin, Michael E ^a,b   du Toit, George ^c,d  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

95 positive predictive values; atopic dermatitis; egg allergy; egg components; ethnic differences; skin prick tests; South Africans

Indexed keywords

OVOMUCOID; ALLERGEN; EGG PROTEIN;

ALLERGY RAPID TEST; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLACK PERSON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EGG ALLERGY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; SOUTH AFRICAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TEST; SOUTH AFRICA;

ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EGG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84991669834     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12615     Document Type: Article

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