Latex allergy and sensitization in children with spina bifida

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 262-266

  Obojski, Andrzej ^a   Chodorski, Jacek ^b   Barg, Wojciech ^a   Mȩdrala, Wojciech ^a   Fal, Andrzej M ^a   Małolepszy, Józef ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b T Marciniak Lower Silesia Specialist Hospital Wroclaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

Latex allergy; Latex sensitization; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SPINA BIFIDA; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0036976889     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066219     Document Type: Article

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