Allergic disorders: A model for establishing how to prevent commondisease

Allergy to common agents, such as plant pollens, dust mites and foods, is termed atopy. Atopy is the principal cause of the chronic inflammatory diseases of eczema (the skin), hayfever (the nose) and asthma (the lungs) in children and young adults. Atopy affects millions of individuals in Japan and...

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Main Authors: Akiko Yamasaki, Lei Cheng, Sanae Fukuda, Masanobu Chinami, Daisuke Fujita, Danuta Wasserman, Taro Shirakawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-01-01
Series:Allergology International
Subjects:
IgE
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015310996