Allergy to chicken meat without sensitization to egg proteins: A case report

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 577-579

  Liccardi, Gennaro ^a   Szépfalusi, Zsolt ^b   Noschese, Paolo ^a   Nentwich, Ivo ^b   D'Amato, Maria ^a   D'Amato, Gennaro ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MEAT; POULTRY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URTICARIA;

EID: 0030760664     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70154-4     Document Type: Article

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