Latex allergy, a special risk for patients of otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery?

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-109

  Hilgert, Eva ^a   Jund, Fenna ^a   Klemens, Christine ^a   Pfrogner, Elisabeth ^a   Pauli, Christof ^b   Rasp, Gerd ^c   Kramer, Matthias F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (Austria)

^c KATHARINENHOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOM;

COMORBIDITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947132777     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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