Article
Predictability of early atopy by cord blood-IgE and parental history.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Jul 1997
Bergmann R L, Edenharter G, Bergmann K E, Guggenmoos-Holzmann I, Forster J, Bauer C P, Wahn V, Zepp F, Wahn U
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Atopic family history and cord blood IgE have been used as predictors of atopic disease in newborns for about 20 years, but at least for cord blood IgE the sensitivity has been shown to be very low. The objective of this paper was to evaluate whether parental history and cord blood-Ig...
Topics
- Adult
- Cohort Studies
- Family Health
- Female
- Fetal Blood
- Germany
- Humans
- Hypersensitivity, Immediate
- Immunoglobulin E
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy
- Prospective Studies
- Risk Factors
