Allergen profiles of natural rubber latex (NRL) proteins on gloves and glove powders

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-124

  Tomazic Jezic, V J ^a   Sanchez, B A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergenic proteins; Glove powder; Immunoassay; Latex allergy; Natural rubber latex

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; ENZYME INHIBITION; LATEXES; POWDERS; RUBBER; STARCH;

ALLERGEN PROFILES; GLOVE POWDERS; NATURAL RUBBER LATEXES (NRL); PROTEIN EXTRACTS;

PROTEINS;

ALLERGEN; LATEX; RUBBER; STARCH;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLOVE; POWDER; PROTEIN BINDING; SENSITIZATION; SURGICAL GLOVE;

ALLERGENS; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; POWDERS; PROTEINS;

EID: 15544387957     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v15.i2.10     Document Type: Article

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