In vivo sensitization to purified Hevea brasiliensis proteins in health care workers sensitized to natural rubber latex

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 610-616

  Bernstein, David I ^a,f   Biagini, Raymond E ^b   Karnani, Ravi ^a   Hamilton, Robert ^c   Murphy, Karen ^d   Bernstein, Cheryl ^d   Arif, Siti Arija M ^e   Berendts, Brian ^d   Yeang, H Y ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Bernstein Clinical Research Center   (United States)

^e RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Hev b; Hev b 13; Latex; Latex allergy; Natural rubber latex; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; PROTEIN HEV; RUBBER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEVEA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

EID: 0037339155     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.164     Document Type: Article

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