Cow's milk casein, a hidden allergen in natural rubber latex gloves

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 177-180

  Ylitalo, Leea ^a   Mäkinen Kiljunen, Soili ^b   Turjanmaa, Kristiina ^a,d   Palosuo, Timo ^c   Reunala, Timo ^a,b,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Casein; Cow's milk allergy; Latex allergy testing; Latex gloves

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CASEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; RABBIT ANTISERUM; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLOVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; MILK ALLERGY; NONHUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST;

EID: 0032818679     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70131-4     Document Type: Article

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