Comparison of skin-prick test and specific serum IgE determination for the diagnosis of latex allergy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 971-976

  Blanco, C ^a   Carrillo, T ^a   Ortega, N ^a   Alvarez, M ^a   Dominguez, C ^a   Castillo, R ^a  

^a Hospital Nuestra Senora del Pino   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Latex; Skin prick test; Specific IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRADERMAL TESTS; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MITES; POLLEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031714090     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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