The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 123, Issue 3 , Pages 665-671.e6 , March 2009

Quantitative assessment of allergic shiners in children with allergic rhinitis

  • Chien-Han Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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  • Yu-Tsan Lin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Che-Yen Wen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Science, National Central Police University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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  • Li-Chieh Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Kuo-Hung Lin, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Polymer Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Shih-Hsuan Chiu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Polymer Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Yao-Hsu Yang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Jyh-Hong Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Bor-Luen Chiang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Bor-Luen Chiang, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan, Republic of China.

Received 10 June 2008 ,Revised 9 December 2008 ,Accepted 15 December 2008.

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 Supported by a grant from National Taiwan University Hospital.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: The authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(08)03476-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.12.1108

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 123, Issue 3 , Pages 665-671.e6 , March 2009

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