Total Serum IgE in a Population-Based Study of Asian Children in Taiwan: Reference Value and Significance in the Diagnosis of Allergy

• Yu-Ling Tu,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Su-Wei Chang,

  Affiliation Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Hui-Ju Tsai,

  Affiliations Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Institutes of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Li-Chen Chen,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Wen-I Lee,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Man-Chin Hua,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Ju-Hui Cheng,

  Affiliation Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Liang-Shiou Ou,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Kuo-Wei Yeh,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Jing-Long Huang ,

  * E-mail: yao@adm.cgmh.org.tw (TCY); long@adm.cgmh.org.tw (JLH)

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Tsung-Chieh Yao ,

  * E-mail: yao@adm.cgmh.org.tw (TCY); long@adm.cgmh.org.tw (JLH)

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan

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• for the PATCH study group

  ¶Members of the PATCH study group are provided in the acknowledgements section.

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