Apple allergy across Europe: How allergen sensitization profiles determine the clinical expression of allergies to plant foods

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 481-488

  Fernández Rivas, Montserrat ^a   Bolhaar, Suzanne ^b   González Mancebo, Eloina ^a   Asero, Riccardo ^c   van Leeuwen, Astrid ^d   Bohle, Barbara ^e   Ma, Yan ^e   Ebner, Christof ^f   Rigby, Neil ^g   Sancho, Ana I ^g   Miles, Susan ^g   Zuidmeer, Laurian ^d   Knulst, André ^b   Breiteneder, Heimo ^e   Mills, Clare ^g   Hoffmann Sommergruber, Karin ^e   van Ree, Ronald ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Ospedale Caduti Bollatesi   (Italy)

^d SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f Allergy Clinic Reumannplatz   (Austria)

^g INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apple; Bet v 1; birch pollen; food allergy; lipid transfer protein; Mal d 1; Mal d 2; Mal d 3; Mal d 4; peach

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; APPLE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIRCH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PLANT; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SPAIN;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MALUS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 33746691244     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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