Tree nut allergens

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 234-244

  Roux, Kenneth H ^a   Teuber, Suzanne S ^b   Sathe, Shridhar K ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen; Tree nuts

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALLERGEN; AVENIN; EPITOPE; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NUT ALLERGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VICILIN;

ACORN; ALMOND; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRAZIL NUT; CASHEW NUT; CHESTNUT; COCONUT; CROSS REACTION; FOOD ALLERGY; HAZELNUT; MACADAMIA NUT; NANGAI NUT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUT; NUT ALLERGY; PECAN; PINE NUT; PISTACHIO; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; WALNUT;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; NUTS; TREES;

EID: 0043074567     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072135     Document Type: Review

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