Latex allergens: Review of present state of the art;LATEXALLERGENE: UBERSICHT ZUM GEGENWARTIGEN KENNTNISSTAND

Pneumologie

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1058-1062

  Posch, A ^a,b   Chen, Z ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Baur, X ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALLERGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINA BIFIDA; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RISK FACTOR;

ALLERGENS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LATEX; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0031264789     PISSN: 09348387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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