Identification of hevamine and Hev b 1 as major latex allergens in Taiwan

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-44

  Lee, Mey Fann ^a,b   Chen, Yi Hsing ^a,b   Lin, Huei Chin ^a   Wang, Huei Lin ^a   Hwang, Guang Yuh ^b   Wu, Chii Huei ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hev b 1; Hevamine; Latex allergy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BUFFER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSED IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SURGICAL GLOVE;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANT PROTEINS; TAIWAN;

EID: 30044432271     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089521     Document Type: Article

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