In vivo assessment with prick-to-prick testing and double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge of allergenicity of apple cultivars

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1080-1086

  Bolhaar, Suzanne T H P ^a   Van De Weg, W Eric ^b   Van Ree, Ronald ^c   Gonzalez Mancebo, Eloina ^d   Zuidmeer, Laurian ^c   Bruijnzeel Koomen, Carla A F M ^a   Fernandez Rivas, Montserrat ^d   Jansen, Johannes ^b   Hoffmann Sommergruber, Karin ^e   Knulst, André C ^a   Gilissen, Luud J W J ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f Allergy Consortium Wageningen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy; Bet v 1; Double blind; Food; Hypoallergenicity; Mal d 1; Mal d 3; Placebo controlled food challenge

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOOD ALLERGEN; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; APPLE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLERGENS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 27644450794     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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