Severe allergy to sharon fruit caused by birch pollen

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-52

  Bolhaar, S T H P ^a   Van Ree, R ^b   Ma, Y ^c   Bruijnzeel Koomen, C A F M ^a   Vieths, S ^d   Hoffmann Sommergruber, K ^c   Knulst, A C ^a   Zuidmeer, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Immunopathology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Bet v 1; Food; Profilin; Sharon fruit

Indexed keywords

PROFILIN;

ADULT; APPLE; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BIRCH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PERSIMMON; POLLEN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; BETULA; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; DIOSPYROS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FRUIT; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NETHERLANDS; POLLEN; PROFILINS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 13244255710     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082584     Document Type: Article

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