Atopic cough caused by basidiomycetes antigen; the importance as a fungal aeroallergen in occupational environment

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 430-434

  Ogawa, Haruhiko ^a   Fujimura, Masaki ^b  

^a Division of Pulmonary Medicine   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic cough; Basidiomycetes; Fungal aeroallergen; Fungal culture from pharyngeal swab; Skin test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BASIDIOMYCETES ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BASIDIOMYCETES; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS TONE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 2442667751     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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