Wheezing caused by latex allergy in a 25-day-old infant with atopic dermatitis

Pediatric Asthma, Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 287-291

  Kimata, Hajime ^a,b  

^a Uji Takeda Hospital   (Japan)

^b Satou Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENE; PLASTIC; RUBBER; SILICONE;

ALLERGY; APPLE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CAT; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DIARRHEA; DOG; ECZEMA; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN MILK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING; WHEAT; WHEEZING;

EID: 13544275908     PISSN: 08831874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pai.2004.17.287     Document Type: Article

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