Mite and cockroach sensitization in allergic patients from Caracas, Venezuela

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 664-668

  Sánchez Borges, Mario ^a,d   Capriles Hulett, Arnaldo ^a,b   Caballero Fonseca, Fernan ^a   Fernández Caldas, Enrique ^c  

^a Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital San Juan de Dios Caracas   (Venezuela)

^c SA   (Spain)

^d POBA International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DRUG; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CHILD; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; PERIPLANETA; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0038516796     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61873-X     Document Type: Article

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