Immediate allergic and nonallergic reactions to Christmas and Easter cacti

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 511-516

  Andersen, F ^a   Bindslev Jensen, C ^a   Stahl Skov, P ^b   Paulsen, E ^a   Andersen, K E ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atopy; Conjunctivitis; Contact urticaria; Immediate hypersensitivity; Plants; Rhinitis; Work related

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; URTICARIA;

ALLERGENS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0033026917     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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