Food allergy diagnosis: Are there any missing factors? A theoretical approach

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 731-738

  Larramendi, Carlos H ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL MARINA BAIXA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ABSORPTION; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COOKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOOD; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SPICE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0037402486     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00048-3     Document Type: Article

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