Childhood Asthma, Allergies Traced to Womb -- New Research ... by Allergy and asthma associate

Thu, 22 May 2008 07:03:20 -0400

Childhood Asthma, Allergies Traced to Womb -- New Research ...

by Allergy and asthma associate @ Thu, 22 May 2008 07:03:20 -0400
As well, they conducted standard skin prick allergy tests at both age 4 and age 10. The authors found that among firstborn children, the presence of a particular gene strain -- known as the IL-13 gene variant -- was associated with a ...

Mom's Stress in Pregnancy May Up Baby's Asthma and Allergy Risk ...
Wright pointed out that elevated IgE is "suggestive" of an increased risk of developing asthma and allergy later in life, but that the association isn't clear-cut and likely depends on exposure to other risk factors. ...