Daniel Vervloet

TL;DR: The Third International Workshop on Indoor Allergens and Asthma was designed to discuss recent progress in basic and clinical research in this area, to formulate recommendations for allergen-specific management of asthma, and to consider future research directions.

TL;DR: Cette etude generale aborde successivement l'epidemiologie, l'entomologies, la methodologie pour la collecte and le traitement des echantillons de poussieres, the lutte contre les acariens.

TL;DR: This study shows that the increased risk of asthma conferred by 17q21 genetic variants is restricted to early-onset asthma and that the risk is further increased by early-life exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.

TL;DR: Itching of the hands during glove wearing correlated poorly with latex sensitivity, but correlation with local urticaria was better, and a questionnaire is unreliable in predicting latex sensitivity and must be supported by latex skin test.

TL;DR: A genome-wide search was conducted in 107 nuclear families with at least two siblings with asthma, as part of the French EGEA study, which led to the detection of three regions: 11p13 for IgE, 12q24 for eosinophils, and 17q12-21 for asthma and skin tests.