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The house-dust mite and childhood asthma in the Cape Peninsula.
- Source :
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South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde [S Afr Med J] 1977 Jul 09; Vol. 52 (2), pp. 74-5. - Publication Year :
- 1977
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Abstract
- Sensitivity to house-dust and the mites Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and D. farinae was the commonest cause of asthma in children living in the Cape Peninsula. Of 103 asthmatic children examined, 65,5% had positive skin tests to these allergens. Only a small number of the children were sensitive to pollens, feathers, moulds or food. The median serum IgE level was 496 U/ml, with a range of 18-15972 U/ml, and the median blood eosinophil count was 691/microliter (range 93-8 159) in 102 of the children.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0256-9574
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 897857