Contact urticaria to giraffe hair

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 324-327

  Herzinger, Thomas ^a   Scharrer, Eva ^a   Placzek, Marianne ^a   Przybilla, Bernhard ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal allergens; Contact urticaria; Giraffe; Occupational allergy

Indexed keywords

CD63 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAIR; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 27844545260     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088871     Document Type: Article

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