Severe anaphylaxis to kiwi fruit: Immunologic changes related to successful sublingual allergen immunotherapy [3]

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1406-1409

  Mempel, Martin ^a,b   Rakoski, Jürgen ^a   Ring, Johannes ^a,b   Ollert, Markus ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; KIWIFRUIT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KIWIFRUIT; LETTER; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NAUSEA; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SUBLINGUAL SWALLOW ALLERGEN IMMUNOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038517993     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.1497     Document Type: Letter

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