Epidemiology of Allergic Diseases and the Role of Early Life Eczema

Grant number: 1045902 | Funding period: 2013 - 2017

Completed

Abstract

Eczema prevents our children from getting a healthy start to life, increases their risk of developing asthma and hay-fever, and we don’t know how to prevent this condition. Dr. Lowe will help identify causes and the outcomes of eczema and allergic diseases in early life, by using a number of important research projects. This research includes an intervention trial that aims to prevent the development of allergic disease and sensitisation, which Dr Lowe leads

Related publications (3)

The skin as a target for prevention of the atopic march

AJ Lowe, DYM Leung, MLK Tang, JC Su, KJ Allen

2018-02-01

Objective: Allergic diseases have increased dramatically in the developed world during the past few decades, yet the understanding..

Genetic variation at the Th2 immune gene IL13 is associated with IgE-mediated paediatric food allergy

SE Ashley, HTT Tan, R Peters, KJ Allen, P Vuillermin, SC Dharmage, MLK Tang, J Koplin, A Lowe, AL Ponsonby, J Molloy, MC Matheson, R Saffery, JA Ellis, D Martino

2017-08-01

Background: Food allergies pose a considerable world-wide public health burden with incidence as high as one in ten in 12-month-ol..

Impact of Maternal Obesity on Inhaled Corticosteroid Use in Childhood: A Registry Based Analysis of First Born Children and a Sibling Pair Analysis

AJ Lowe, C Ekeus, L Bråbäck, K Rajaleid, B Forsberg, A Hjern

2013-06-28

Background:It has been proposed that maternal obesity during pregnancy may increase the risk that the child develops allergic dise..

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