The Spectrum of IgE-Mediated Responses to Latex

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 265, Issue 21, 1991, Pages 2844-2847

  Sussman, Gordon L ^a   Tarlo, Susan ^a   Dolovich, Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT URTICARIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0026356495     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03460210090035     Document Type: Article

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