How accurate and safe is the diagnosis of hazelnut allergy by means of commercial skin prick test reagents?

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 132-140

  Akkerdaas, Jaap H ^a   Wensing, Marjolein ^b   Knulst, André C ^b   Krebitz, Monika ^e   Breiteneder, Heimo ^e   De Vries, Sacco ^c   Penninks, André H ^d   Aalberse, Rob C ^a   Hefle, Sue L ^f   Van Ree, Ronald ^a,g  

^a SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DBPCFC; Hazelnut; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ISOPROTEIN; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROFILIN; SILVER; THAUMATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; EXTRACTION; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST; STAINING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; NUTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROFILINS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0242405840     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073714     Document Type: Article

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