The importance of the pecan tree pollen in allergic manifestations

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-329

  Rachmiel, M ^a   Verleger, H ^b   Waisel, Y ^b   Keynan, N ^b   Kivity, S ^c   Katz, Y ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Ichilov Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Cypress; Hay fever; Olive; Pecan; Pollen

Indexed keywords

POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; TREE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS; TREES;

EID: 0029965995     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00098.x     Document Type: Article

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