Occupational asthma caused by white mushroom

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-221

  Venturini, Mónica ^a   Lobera, T ^a   Blasco, A ^a   Del Pozo, ^a   Gonzalez I ^a   Bartolome B ^a  

^a Centro de Especialidades Labradores N 3   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; Basidiocarp; Occupational asthma; Spores; White mushroom

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PRECIPITIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRICK TEST; SPAIN; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGARICUS; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN TESTS; SPAIN; SPIROMETRY; SPORES;

EID: 27544500982     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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