A case of immediate hypersensitivity reaction with tungsten

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-416

  Miyamoto, T ^a   Inoue, S ^a   Watanabe, T ^a  

^a Tsuyama Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immediate hypersensitivity reaction; Scratch test; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TANTALUM; TUNGSTEN; VANADIUM;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ASTHMA; DUST; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 14344253217     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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