Validation of the latex glove provocation procedure in latex-allergic subjects

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 266-272

  Hamilton, Robert G ^a   Adkinson Jr , N Franklin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX; POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0030693327     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63013-X     Document Type: Article

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