Atopy in parents of children dying with sudden infant death syndrome.
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36 parents of infants who had died suddenly did not differ in frequency of atopic symptoms, immediate skin tests, IgE, IgE antibody, immunoglobulin G, A, and M, or yeast opsonisation, from 36 matched controls, although atopy was common (about half had atopy in both groups.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 55 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1980