Specific immunotherapy with a standardized latex extract in allergic workers: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 985-994

  Sastre, Joaquín ^a   Fernández Nieto, Mar ^a   Rico, Pilar ^b   Martín, Santiago ^b   Barber, Domingo ^b   Cuesta, Javier ^a   De Las Heras, Manuel ^a   Quirce, Santiago ^a  

^a Servicios de Alergia   (Spain)

^b ALK ABELLÓ   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; Latex; Rhinoconjunctivitis; Specific immunotherapy; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LATEX EXTRACT; METHACHOLINE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0038404971     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.1390     Document Type: Article

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