Fig and mulberry cross-allergy

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 493-495

  Caiaffa, Maria Filomena ^a,b   Cataldo, Vito Michele ^a,b   Tursi, Alfredo ^b   Macchia, Luigi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS ALLERGY; FEMALE; FIG; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULBERRY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0344825267     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)61520-7     Document Type: Article

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