IgE-mediated allergy in elderly patients with asthma

The incidence of a positive family history with asthma and levels of serum IgE and IgE antibodies were examined in 136 patients with asthma in relation to age at onset of the disease. The frequency of subjects with a family history of asthma ranged from 37.9 to 75.0% in all groups classified by age...

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Main Authors: Fumihiro Mitsunobu, Takashi Mifune, Yasuhiro Hosaki, Kouzou Ashida, Hirofumi Tsugeno, Satoshi Yokota, Yoshiro Tanizaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1997-01-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015316051