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Allergic sensitization and disease in mother-child pairs from Germany: role of early childhood environment.
International archives of allergy and immunology - 1 Jan 2007
Cramer C, Ranft U, Ring J, Mohrenschlager M, Behrendt H, Oppermann H, Wilhelm M, Kramer U
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Early childhood influences are important for the development of the allergic phenotype. In East Germany, tremendous lifestyle changes took place after 1990 and it can be hypothesized that the allergic phenotypes in mothers and their children are less similar than in West Germany. This was investigated in our study done in mothers and their 6-year-old children from East and West Germany in the year...
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