Allergy to Ficus benjamina;Ficus benjamina Allergie

Hautarzt

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 780-782

  Brehler, Randolf ^a   Theissen, Ulla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

asthma; immediate type allergy; indoor allergen; latex; weeping fig

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; PLANT DERMATITIS;

ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PROTEINS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST;

EID: 0029850018     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001050050509     Document Type: Article

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