Reported latex allergy in dental patients

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 144-148

  Nettis, Eustachio ^a,b   Colanardi, Maria Cristina ^a   Ferrannini, Antonio ^a   Tursi, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CROSS REACTION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0036484478     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.120805     Document Type: Article

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