Adult onset of cow's milk protein allergy with small-intestinal mucosal IgE mast cells

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 417-420

  Levy, F S ^a   Bircher, A J ^a,c   Gebbers, J O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Pathologische Institut am Kantonsspital Luzern   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cow's milk allergy; IgE; intestinal symptoms; mucosal mast cells

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MILK PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; MILK ALLERGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA;

EID: 0029811448     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1996.tb04640.x     Document Type: Article

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