Volume 30 Number 4 December 2012

EDITORIAL
High prevalence of shellfish and house dust mite allergies in Asia-Pacific: probably not just a coincidence
Jettanong Klaewsongkram

REVIEW ARTICLE
Prevention of infection in children and adolescents with primary immunodeficiency disorders
Efimia Papadopoulou-Alataki, Amel Hassan, E. Graham Davies

 

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Reduction of CD147 surface expression on primary T cells leads to enhanced cell proliferation
Brian Biegler, Watchara Kasinrerk
An in vitro inhibitory effect on RAW 264.7 cells by anti-inflammatory compounds from Smilax corbularia Kunth
Srisopa Ruangnoo, Nuanjan Jaiaree, Sunita Makchuchit, Sumalee Panthong, Pakakrong Thongdeeying, Arunporn Itharat
Prevalence of self-reported food allergy in Hong Kong children and teens –a population survey
Marco HK Ho, So Lun Lee, Wilfred HS Wong, Patrick IP, Yu Lung Lau
Identification of the major allergens of Charybdis feriatus (red crab) and its cross-reactivity with Portunus pelagicus (blue crab)
Rosmilah Misnan, Shahnaz Murad, Zailatul Hani Mohd Yadzir, Noormalin Abdullah
House dust mite and storage mite IgE reactivity in allergic patients from Guangzhou, China
Chunqing Zhang, Jing Li, Xuxin Lai, Yiwu Zheng, Birgitte Gjesing, Michael D. Spangfort and Nanshan Zhong
Comparison of skin test reactivity to histamine on back and forearm in young children
Araya Yuenyongviwat, Duangrachanee Koonrangsesomboon, Pasuree Sangsupawanich
Hand contact dermatitis in hairdressers: clinical and causative allergens, experience in Bangkok
Poohglin Tresukosol1 and Chanutta Swasdivanich

CASE REPORTS
Defining p47-phox deficient Chronic Granulomatous Disease in a Malay family
Harvindar Kaur Gill, Hemahwathy Chanthira Kumar, Jasbir Singh Dhaliwal, Farizawati Zabidi, Iean Hamzah Sendut, Rahim Md Noah, Lokman Mohammad Noh, Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff, Shahnaz Murad
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia presenting with acute onset
Fumio Kumasawa, Tomoko Kobayashi, Akihiro Noda, Yoshitaka Shintani, Daisuke Koyama, Takashi Oki, Kenji Mizumura, Susumu Nishinarita, Tatsuo Sawada, Shu Hashimoto

SHORT COMMUNICATION
Comparison of immunological characteristics of peripheral, splenic and tonsilar naïve B cells by differential gene expression meta-analyses
Kaj Chokeshai-u-saha, Cyrille Lepoivre, Luca Grieco, Catherine Nguyen, Kiat Ruxrungtham

SUPPLEMENT
Current Food Allergy Trends in Asia Pacific
Pakit Vichyanond
Allergic Diseases: A Global Public Health Issue
Ruby Pawankar
EuroPrevall Cohort Study and its Application in Asia
Alessandro Fiocchi
The Gastrointestinal Microbiota and Allergic Disease
Lee Bee Wah
Current Perspectives in the Management of Common Paediatric Food Allergies
Orathai Piboonpocanun, Pantipa Chatchatee, Punchama Pacharn
Recent Advances in Pathophysiology of Food & Cow Milk Protein Allergy
John Sinn
Specific Nutritional Concepts & Clinical Evidence in the Management of Allergy
Alma Nauta
Food Allergy Prevention: Should We Recommend Early Exposure or Avoidance of Allergen-Rich Food?
Alessandro Fiocchi
Current Practice and Recent Trends in Preventing and Treating CMPA
Alessandro Fiocchi, John Sinn, Hu Yan, Soemadiono, Nur Atiqah Ng Abdullah, Anne Goh, Jarungchit Ngamphaiboon
Case Study
Lee Bee Wah
Danone’s Commitment to Allergy Care
Jacques G. Bindels