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Association between first-degree familial predisposition of asthma and atopy (total IgE) in newborns.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 May 2006
Kuiper S, Muris J W M, Dompeling E, van Schayck C P, Schönberger H J A M, Wesseling G, Knottnerus J André
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BACKGROUND: It is generally thought that infants with a first-degree familial predisposition of asthma are at higher risk of developing asthma than infants without predisposition. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether there is an association between being at high risk for developing asthma and increased level of total IgE in newborns and whether total IgE is influenced by gender, family size, birth season, maternal...
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