Occupational IgE-mediated asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis, and contact urticaria caused by Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum) and tulip

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-277

  Piirila P ^a   Kanerva, L ^a   Alanko, K ^a   Estlander, T ^a   Keskinen, H ^a   Pajari Backas, M ^a   Tuppurainen, M ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT URTICARIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PLANT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LILIACEAE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; URTICARIA;

EID: 0033010506     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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