Inhalant allergy to fresh asparagus

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 330-334

  Eng, P A ^a   Yman, L ^b   Maaninen, E ^b   Wuthrich B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Fresh asparagus; IgE antibodies; Inhalant allergy; Profilin; RAST inhibition

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST;

FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0029933539     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00099.x     Document Type: Article

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