Serum total IgE and specific IgE to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, but not eosinophil cationic protein, are more likely to be elevated in elderly asthmatic patients

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 321-325

  King, Monroe J ^a,b,c   Bukantz, Samuel C ^a   Phillips, Sharon ^c   Mohapatra, Shyam S ^a,b   Tamulis, Tomas ^a,d   Lockey, Richard F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Morton Plant Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; AMBROSIA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; COCKROACHES; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; QUERCUS;

EID: 8844244749     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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