Repeated latex aeroallergen challenges employing a hooded exposure chamber: Safety and reproducibility

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 857-861

  Kurtz, K M ^a   Hamilton, R G ^a   Schaefer, J A ^b   Primeau, M N ^a   Adkinson Jr , N F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen challenge; Latex allergy; Occupational allergy; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; SALBUTAMOL; STARCH;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SAFETY; SKIN TEST;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034861691     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2001.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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