Allergy to the ornamental indoor green plant Tradescantia (Albifloxia)

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 556-559

  Wuthrich B ^a   Johansson, S G O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Albifloxia; Commelinaceae; Ficus benjamina; Indoor allergens; RAST; RAST inhibition; Skin prick tests; Tradescantia albifloxia; Tradescantia fluminensis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PLANT; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030789097     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1997.tb02599.x     Document Type: Article

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