Hypersensitivity to pollen of Olea europaea in Israel

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 356-359

  Geller Bernstein, C ^a   Arad, G ^b   Keynan, N ^c   Lahoz, C ^b   Cardaba, B ^b   Waisel, Y ^b  

^a Kupat Holim Zamenhoff Allergy Clinic   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergens; Haplotypes; Olive cultivars; Olive sensitization; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIVE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; TREE;

EID: 0030037896     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1996.tb04624.x     Document Type: Article

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