Latex allergy

CPD Bulletin Immunology and Allergy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 82-84

  Cullinan, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALLERGEN; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMIC ACID; CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; DISULFIRAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; RUBBER; STARCH; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT URTICARIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING; URTICARIA;

EID: 2442485544     PISSN: 13678949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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