Prevalence of sensitization to Alternaria in allergic patients in Italy

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-76

  Corsico, Renato ^a   Cinti, Barbara ^b   Feliziani, Vincenzo ^c   Gallesio, Maria Teresa ^d   Liccardi, Gennaro ^e   Loreti, Anna ^f   Lugo, Giorgio ^f   Marcucci, Francesco ^g   Marcer, Guido ^h   Meriggi, Antonio ^a   Minelli, Mauro ⁱ   Gherson, Gemma ^j   Nardi, Gilda ^k   Negrini, Arsenio Corrado ^l   Piu, Giovanni ^m   Passaleva, Angelo ⁿ   Pozzan, Marcella ^o   D'Ambrosio, Francesco Purello ^p   Venuti, Alberto ^q   Zanon, Pietro ^r   Zerboni, Romano ^s   more..

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civico Renzetti   (Italy)

^d MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ USL Le/8   (Italy)

^j Ospedale Armanni   (Italy)

^k Ospedale Generale Provinciale mazzoni   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^m San Michele Hospital   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^o USL 21   (Italy)

^p Sch Div Allerg and Clin Immunol   (Italy)

^q CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^r Busto Arsizio University Hospital   (Italy)

^s SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0031885606     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62943-2     Document Type: Article

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