Natural rubber latex skin testing reagents: Safety and diagnostic accuracy of nonammoniated latex, ammoniated latex, and latex rubber glove extracts

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 872-883

  Hamilton, R G ^a   Adkinson N F , Jr ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; glove provocation; Natural rubber latex; skin testing

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTRACT; FEMALE; GLOVE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0029960609     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)80003-0     Document Type: Article

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