Wheat allergy: Diagnostic accuracy of skin prick and patch tests and specific IgE

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 851-856

  Majamaa, Heli ^a,b   Moisio, P ^a   Holm, K ^b   Turjanmaa, K ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Cereal allergy; Food challenge; Patch test; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WHEAT;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRITICUM;

EID: 0032810979     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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