Understanding and Diagnosing Allergic Disease in Twins

Status:	Recruiting
Conditions:	Allergy
Therapuetic Areas:	Otolaryngology
Healthy:	No
Age Range:	Any - 80
Updated:	4/17/2018
Start Date:	August 2010
End Date:	December 2019
Contact:	Kari A Nadeau, MD, PhD
Email:	snpcenterallergy.inquiry@stanford.edu

The purpose of this study is to gain better understanding of how the immune system works in
twins with and without allergic disease. Healthy volunteers are not specifically targeted.
Healthy non-allergic study participants may be found through the course of evaluation for the
presence of allergies.

The purpose of this study is to study the genetic control and gain better understanding of
how the immune system works in twins with and without allergic disease. Although healthy
volunteers are not specifically targeted, they might be identified when non-allergic study
participants are found through the course of evaluation for the presence of allergies.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Twin participants ages 0 to 80 years who are with or without allergy disease.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with special risks attendant to venipuncture will be excluded.

We found this trial at

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Stanford University School of Medicine

291 Campus Dr
Stanford, California 94305

(650) 725-3900