On the allergenicity of Hev b 1 among health care workers and patients with spina bifida allergic to natural rubber latex

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 684-693

  Chen, Zhiping ^a,c   Cremer, Reinhold ^b   Posch, Anton ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Rihs, Hans Peter ^a   Baur, Xaver ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hey b 1, lgE; Latex allergy; Rubber elongation factor; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RUBBER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SPINA BIFIDA;

EID: 0030712232     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70174-X     Document Type: Article

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