Latex allergy: A review;Latexallergi

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 159, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 3129-3133

  Jensen, Vagn Brœndholt ^a,b   Rasmussen, Kirsten B ^a,b   Jørgensen, Inger Merete ^a,b   Prahl, Palle ^a,b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

DENMARK; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY;

DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LATEX;

EID: 0031578191     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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