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Bengt Björkstén
Researcher at Karolinska Institutet
Publications - 256
Citations - 27431
Bengt Björkstén is an academic researcher from Karolinska Institutet. The author has contributed to research in topics: Atopy & Allergy. The author has an hindex of 78, co-authored 256 publications receiving 25977 citations. Previous affiliations of Bengt Björkstén include Örebro University & Boston Children's Hospital.
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Worldwide time trends in the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and eczema in childhood: ISAAC Phases One and Three repeat multicountry cross-sectional surveys
M. Innes Asher,Stephen Montefort,Bengt Björkstén,Christopher K.W. Lai,David P. Strachan,Stephan K. Weiland,Hywel C Williams +6 more
TL;DR: The rise in prevalence of symptoms in many centres is concerning, but the absence of increases in prevalence in asthma symptoms for centres with existing high prevalence in the older age-group is reassuring.
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Allergy development and the intestinal microflora during the first year of life
TL;DR: Differences in the composition of the gut flora between infant who will and infants who will not develop allergy are demonstrable before the development of any clinical manifestations of atopy.
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Worldwide variations in the prevalence of symptoms of atopic eczema in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood.
Hywel C Williams,Colin F. Robertson,Alistair Stewart,Nadia Aït-Khaled,Gabriel Anabwani,Ross Anderson,Innes Asher,Richard Beasley,Bengt Björkstén,Michael Leslie Burr,Tadd Clayton,Julian Crane,Philippa Ellwood,Ulrich Keil,Christopher K C Lai,Javier Mallol,Fernando D. Martinez,Edwin A. Mitchell,Stephen Montefort,Neil Pearce,Jayant Shah,Bonnie Sibbald,David P. Strachan,Erika von Mutius,Stephan K. Weiland +24 more
TL;DR: Symptoms of atopic eczema exhibit wide variations in prevalence both within and between countries inhabited by similar ethnic groups, suggesting that environmental factors may be critical in determining disease expression.
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The intestinal microflora in allergic Estonian and Swedish 2-year-old children.
TL;DR: It has been suggested that a reduced microbial stimulation during infancy and early childhood would result in a slower postnatal maturation of the immune system and development of an optimal balance between TH1‐ and TH2‐like immunity.
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Decreased gut microbiota diversity, delayed Bacteroidetes colonisation and reduced Th1 responses in infants delivered by Caesarean section
Hedvig E. Jakobsson,Thomas Abrahamsson,Maria C. Jenmalm,Keith Harris,Christopher Quince,Cecilia Jernberg,Bengt Björkstén,Bengt Björkstén,Lars Engstrand,Anders F. Andersson +9 more
TL;DR: How microbiota development in infants is affected by mode of delivery is addressed, and differences in colonisation patterns to the maturation of a balanced Th1/Th2 immune response are related to.