Interpretation of tests for nut allergy in one thousand patients, in relation to allergy or tolerance

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1041-1045

  Clark, A T ^a   Ewan, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Diagnosis; Food; Nut

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ALMOND; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUT ALLERGY; OBSERVATION; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TINGLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; NUTS; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0041402688     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.01624.x     Document Type: Article

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