Can a patient with symptoms of grass pollen allergy be treated without preceding tests?;Kan een patiënt met klachten van graspollenallergie zonder voorafgaande tests behandeld worden?

Huisarts en Wetenschap

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 655-660

  Demir, Özlem ^a   Röder, Esther ^a   Berger, Marjolein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; POLLEN ALLERGY; RHINITIS;

EID: 29144486183     PISSN: 00187070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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