Prevalence of latex allergy and evaluation of some risk factors in a population of atopic children

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 250-256

  Meglio, Paolo ^a,b   Arabito, Elena ^a   Plantamura, Maria ^a   Businco, Luisa ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Latex; Latex allergy; Latex allergy in children; Latex fruit syndrome; Latex risk factors; Latex skin prick test; Natural rubber latex

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; LATEX;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DENTAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; INFANT; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038173256     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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