Occupational type I allergy to christmas cactus (Schlumbergera)

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 656-660

  Paulsen, E ^a   Stahl Skov, P ^a   Bindslev Jensen, C ^b   Voitenko, V ^a   Poulsen, L K ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alergy; Allergic conjunctivitis; Allergic rhinitis; Immediate hypersensitivity; Plants; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

EID: 0030751789     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1997.tb01045.x     Document Type: Article

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