Occupational inhalant allergy to the common housefly (Musca domestica);Berufsbedingte inhalationsallergie gegen die gemeine hausfliege (Musca domestica)

Hautarzt

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-160

  Tas, E ^a   Jappe, U ^a   Beltraminelli, H ^b   Bircher, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flies; Insect inhalant allergy; Laboratory animal allergy; Musca domestica

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CASE REPORT; EGG; HATCHING; HOUSE FLY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEISURE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRICK TEST; SAND; SENSITIZATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33847227343     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00105-006-1099-6     Document Type: Article

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