Sensitization to rabbit allergens in Italy - A multicentre study in atopic subjects without occupational exposure

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-299

  Liccardi, Gennaro ^a   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^b,c  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Padiglione Maragliano ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Rabbit allergens; Respiratory allergy; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; DANDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RABBITS; RHINITIS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33750151454     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095435     Document Type: Article

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