title: Atopy in parents of children dying with sudden infant death syndrome.
abstract: 36 parents of infants who had died suddenly did not differ in frequency of atopic symptoms, immediate skin tests, IgE, IgE antibody, immunoglobulin G, A, and M, or yeast opsonisation, from 36 matched controls, although atopy was common (about half had atopy in both groups.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000235:genetics*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009895:Opsonin Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D012882:Skin Tests; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins; D009895:Opsonin Proteins; D007073:Immunoglobulin E