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Primary brain tumours and specific serum immunoglobulin E: A case-control study nested in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort

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Background: Case-control studies suggest that patients with allergic diseases have a lower risk of developing glioma but not meningioma or schwannoma. However, those data can be differentially biased. Prospective studies with objective measurements of immunologic biomarkers, like immunoglobulin E (IgE), in blood obtained before cancer diagnosis could help to clarify whether an aetiological association exists. Methods: The present case-control study nested within the European Prospective Inves...

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Journal:
Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume:
66
Issue:
11
Pages:
1434-1441
Publication date:
2011-11-01
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EISSN:
1398-9995
ISSN:
0105-4538
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:192982
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uuid:45079cb2-7689-4299-b931-0124541a3653
Local pid:
pubs:192982
Source identifiers:
192982
Deposit date:
2012-12-19

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