ASL RME, Rome
Pregnancy and maternal atopy may be associated, but it's unclear how
Published in Genetics and Environmental Health Week, April 20th, 2005
"The consistent association seen between family size and childhood allergy has led to the 'hygiene hypothesis', namely that a lower frequency of infections in early childhood is associated with an increased risk of asthma and hay fever. Maternal atopy, however, is a strong predictor of childhood asthma and hay fever.
"If maternal atopy is inversely related to the number of siblings then the role of siblings in the development of childhood atopy, the basic tenet of the 'hygiene hypothesis', is challenged," wrote F. Forastiere and colleagues, ASL RME,...
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