Anaphylactic reaction to manioc: Cross-reactivity to latex

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 683-684

  Gaspar, A ^a   Neto Braga, C ^a   Pires, G ^a   Murta, R ^a   Morais Almeida, M ^a   Rosado Pinto, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DONA ESTEFÂNIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Food allergy; Latex; Manioc

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AFRICA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; URTICARIA;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRONCHIAL SPASM; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LARYNGEAL EDEMA; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MANIHOT; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0038575279     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2003.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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