Ingestive and inhalative allergy to the mushroom Boletus edulis

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 747-751

  Torricelli, R ^a   Johansson, S G ^b   Wuthrich B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergy; Anaphylactic shock; Basidiomycetes; Boletus edulis; Fungal food allergy; Ingestive allergy; Inhalative allergy; Mushroom; Mushroom inhalative allergy; Oral allergy syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; MUSHROOM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 0030790710     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1997.tb01232.x     Document Type: Article

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