Urticaria from beer: An immediate hypersensitivity reaction due to a 10- kDa protein derived from barley

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 407-413

  Curioni, A ^c   Santucci, B ^a   Cristaudo, A ^a   Canistraci, C ^a   Pietravalle, M ^a   Simonato, B ^c   Giannattasio, M ^a,b  

^a SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Facoltà di Agraria ^*

Author keywords

Atopy; Barley; Beer; Malt; Urticaria; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BEER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; BEER; HORDEUM; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0032968387     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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