Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (AHEI) is an acute cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis
(LCV) of infants. The clinical picture has a violent onset with a short benign course followed …

We determined serum levels of alpha tocopherol, beta carotene, and ascorbic acid and lipid
peroxidation products (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances--TBARS) in 14 children …

Rhinitis is a common problem with important comorbidities. In order to search the association
between rhinitis, allergic phenotypes and other risk factors in Turkish children, a parental …

The association between breastfeeding and wheezing, lung function and atopy was evaluated
in the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase II. Cross-…

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of symptoms suggestive of asthma in
children aged 7–14 years in Ankara, Turkey. For this purpose, the recently developed ISAAC …

This study was performed to describe the prevalence rates of allergic diseases among
children in southeast Anatolia. A questionnaire survey of children six to 15 years old was …

Background Common polymorphisms have been identified in genes suspected to play a
role in asthma. We investigated their associations with wheeze and allergy in a case–control …

Because previous studies have shown that mast cells can be activated by IgE-mediated
mechanisms to release potent mediators which affect coronary blood flow, we measured serum …

Emergence of new environmental risk factors, and/or loss of protective factors of a traditional
lifestyle may explain the increase, or variations in prevalence of allergic diseases. The aim …

We have studied the prevalence of atopic disease, by questionnaire, in 3024 primary-school
children from three different socioeconomic levels in Ankara. Physical examinations were …