The search of latex sensitization in spina bifida: Diagnostic approach

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 264-269

  Nieto, A ^a,b   Mazon A ^a   Estornell, F ^a   Reig, C ^a   Garcia Ibarra F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic tests; Latex allergy; Risk factors; Sensitization; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; LATEX;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA;

CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0033963022     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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