Latex sensitization in spina bifida appears disease-associated

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 344-348

  Szépfalusi, Zsolt ^a   Seidl, Rainer ^a   Bernert, Günther ^a   Dietrich, Wolfgang ^a   Spitzauer, Susanne ^a   Urbanek, Radvan ^a  

^a AKII Vienna ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; SPINA BIFIDA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18344413743     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70461-0     Document Type: Article

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