Pédiatrie.
Discontinued
Publisher:
Elsevier. Paris : Elsevier
Frequency: Twelve no. a year
Country: France
Language: fre
Author(s):
Reúnion lyonnaise de pédiatrie.
Start Year:1912 - 1993
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0031-4021 (Print) 0031-4021 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 0401127 |
| (DNLM): | P06700000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01606642 |
| Coden: | PEDRAN |
| Classification: | W1 PE203 |
[An outbreak of allergy to horses in children. A review of 56 recent cases]. Over the past 11 years, signs of allergy were observed in 56 children and adolescents in contact with horses. The cases consisted of 35 boys and 21 girls, 35 of them were under 10 years of age. The main clinical signs were ocular symptoms (36), asthma (30) and rhinopharyngitis (24). All the children had very positive cutaneous prick tests and specific IgE (class 3 and 4: 62%) and were polysensitized. In several children, the first manifestation occurred at the time of the first known contact with a horse or pony. No further contact was usually the only therapeutic solution. In disabled childre...