Nasal provocation test in the diagnosis of natural rubber latex allergy

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-41

  Palczynski, C ^a   Walusiak, J ^a   Ruta, U ^a   Gorski, Pawel ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergen challenge; Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Natural rubber latex

Indexed keywords

LATEX; RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BASOPHIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; NOSE PROVOCATION TEST; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; BASOPHILS; BLOOD PROTEINS; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NASAL PROVOCATION TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RIBONUCLEASES; RUBBER; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033961512     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2000.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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