Allergy to kiwi: A double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge study in patients from a birch-free area

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 543-550

  Alemán, Ana ^a   Sastre, Joaquín ^a,c   Quirce, Santiago ^a   De Las Heras, Manuel ^a   Carnés, Jerónimo ^b   Fernández Caldas, Enrique ^b   Pastor, Carlos ^a   Blázquez, Ana Belén ^a   Vivanco, Fernando ^a   Cuesta Herranz, Javier ^a  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b R and D   (Spain)

^c Servicios de Alergia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Double blind, placebo controlled food challenge; Food allergy; Kiwi fruit allergy; Oral allergy syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFORMED CONSENT; KIWIFRUIT; MALE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROVOCATION TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 12144287617     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.11.043     Document Type: Article

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