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Different implications of paternal and maternal atopy for perinatal IgE production and asthma development.
Clinical & developmental immunology - 1 Jan 2012
Wu Chih-Chiang, Chen Rong-Fu, Kuo Ho-Chang
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a hereditary disease associated with IgE-mediated reaction. Whether maternal atopy and paternal atopy have different impacts on perinatal IgE production and asthma development remains unclear. This paper reviews and summarizes the effects of maternal and paternal atopy on the developmental aspects of IgE production and asthma. Maternal atopy affects both pre- and postnatal IgE production, whereas...
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