title: Cord blood IgE levels as a predictive value of the atopic disease in early infancy a review article.
abstract: The article reviews the recent opinions concerning the predictive value of high cord blood IgE (cIgE) concentrations in the development of atopic disease in infancy and childhood. The results of data from different scientific centers remain still controversial. There is a general agreement that a high neonatal IgE concentration is connected with later allergic disease but low positive predictive value (PPV) of elevated cIgE makes cIgE determinations unuseful for general screening test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Medical Academy of Białystok.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ołdak
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000276:immunology*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008403:Mass Screening; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E