The return of the prodigue child or allergy to ficus;Le retour de l'enfant prodigue ou l'allergie au ficus

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 326-329

  Pradalier, A ^a   Leriche, E ^a   Trinh, Ch ^a   Molitor, J L ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Allergy to ficus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT URTICARIA; FEMALE; FICUS; FIG; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; HUMAN; MITE; MORACEAE; PRICK TEST; PRURITUS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS;

CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; FICUS; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT LEAVES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 14244266941     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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