Type I allergic reactions to plant-derived food: A consequence of primary sensitization to pollen allergens

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 893-895

  Valenta, R ^a   Kraft, D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SPICE; VEGETABLE; ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PLANT; POLLEN; REVIEW;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNIZATION; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POLLEN;

EID: 0029664756     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)80062-5     Document Type: Article

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