Allergens in pepper and paprika: Immunologic investigation of the celery-birch-mugwort-spice syndrome

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-41

  Leitner, A ^a   Jensen Jarolim, E ^a,e   Grimm, R ^b   Wuthrich B ^c   Ebner, H ^d   Scheiner, O ^a   Kraft, D ^a   Ebner, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Allergy Clinic Reumannplatz   (Austria)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Celery birch mugwort spice syndrome; Cross reactivity; Paprika; Pepper

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPICE;

EID: 0031975276     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1998.tb03771.x     Document Type: Article

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