Latex provocation tests in patients with spina bifida: Who is at risk of becoming symptomatic?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 4 II, 1998, Pages 665-670

  Niggemann, Bodo ^a   Buck, Dietke ^a   Michael, Theo ^a   Wahn, Ulrich ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Latex; Provocation test; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLOVE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIZATION; SPINA BIFIDA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0031794762     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(98)70285-4     Document Type: Article

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