Characteristic features of cockroach hypersensitivity in Turkish asthmatic patients

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 870-873

  Mungan, D ^a   Celik G ^a   Sin, B ^a   Bavbek, S ^a   Demirel, Y ^a   Misirligil, Z ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma and cockroach allergy; Skin test; Specific IgE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CROSS ALLERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0031708722     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1998.tb03993.x     Document Type: Article

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