Latex allergy. A position paper of the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1484-1499

  Cullinan, P ^a,j   Brown, R ^b   Field, A ^c   Hourihane, J ^d   Jones, M ^a   Kekwick, R ^e   Rycroft, R ^f   Stenz, R ^g   Williams, S ^h   Woodhouse, C ⁱ  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^j NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; 1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; ACIDIC C SERUM PROTEIN; ADRENALIN; ALLERGEN; AMMONIA; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHITINASE; CORTICOSTEROID; HEVEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOPRENE; LATEX; MICROHELIX PROTEIN COMPLEX; NEOPRENE; PATATIN LIKE PROTEIN; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN; PROHEVEIN; PROTEIN; RUBBER; RUBBER ELONGATION FACTOR; RUBBER PARTICLE PROTEIN; STEROID; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; TALC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA; ATOPY; CATHETER; CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; CONDOM; CONTACT URTICARIA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DENTAL CARE; DENTISTRY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXPOSURE; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INCIDENCE; LAW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT GUIDANCE; POWDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SELF MEDICATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; SPINA BIFIDA; SURGICAL GLOVE; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 10744228603     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01818.x     Document Type: Review

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