Urticaria and rhinitis to shrubs of Ficus benjamina and breadfruit in a banana-allergic road worker: Evidence for a cross-sensitization between Moracea, banana and latex

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 182-184

  De Greef, J M ^a   Lieutier Colas, F ^b   Bessot, J C ^b   Verot A ^b   Gallerand, A M ^c   Pauli, G ^b   De Blay, F ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^c Service de Biologie   (Martinique)

Author keywords

Banana; Breadfruit tree; Ficus benjamina; Latex, Hevea brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS ALLERGY; FICUS BENJAMINA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CROSS REACTIONS; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FRUIT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MARTINIQUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLANTS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; TREES; URTICARIA; ZINGIBERALES;

EID: 0034932544     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053813     Document Type: Article

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