Allergy to freshwater shrimp (Gammarus)

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 150-152

  Fontan M ^a   Anibarro B ^b   Postigo, I ^c,d   Martínez, Jörge ^c,d  

^a HOSPITAL MONTECELO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d Sweden Diagnostics ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Freshwater shrimp; Gammarus; Tropomyosin; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHRIMP; SKIN ALLERGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CHILD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE;

EID: 22544481494     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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