Confirmation of the diagnosis of natural rubber latex allergy by the Basotest® method

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-57

  Hemery, Marie Laure ^a   Arnoux, Bernard ^a   Dhivert Donnadieu, Henriette ^a   Rongier, Monique ^a   Barbotte, Eric ^a   Verdier, Regis ^a   Demoly, Pascal ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

Basotest; CD63; Diagnosis; Flow cytometry; Latex allergy

Indexed keywords

CD63 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; RUBBER;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SYMPTOM; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 13244294125     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082585     Document Type: Article

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