Article
The allergen spectrum in Turkey and the relationships between allergens and age, sex, birth month, birthplace, blood groups and family history of atopy.
Journal of investigational allergology & clinical immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Erel F, Karaayvaz M, Calişkaner Z, Ozangüç N
Abstract excerpt
This study was performed retrospectively on 2,342 patients who were treated in the allergy department from 1985 to 1996. All patients had been skin prick tested with 40 common aeroallergens in Turkey. Allergen immunotherapy was given to 1,455 of them. Mean age of the patients was 25.9 (range 5 to...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Allergens
- Asthma
- Blood Group Antigens
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Hypersensitivity
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Residence Characteristics
- Sex Factors
- Skin Tests