Lethal or life-threatening allergic reactions to food

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-65

  Wüthrich, Brunello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis by food inhalation; Emergency kit; Food allergy; Food anaphylaxis; Hidden food allergens; Lethal allergic reactions; Life threatening allergic reactions; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRYPTASE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANAPHYLAXIS; AUTOPSY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PACKAGING; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INHALATION; INHALER; LETHALITY; MILK; MILK ALLERGY; PEANUT; REVIEW; SEA FOOD;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RESTAURANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0142107984     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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