Immediate food hypersensitivity among adults attending a clinical immunology/allergy centre in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 236-240

  Thong, Bernard Yu Hor ^a   Cheng, Y K ^a   Leong, K P ^a   Tang, C Y ^a   Chng, H H ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Food allergens; Food hypersensitivity; Radioallergosorbent test; Skin tests

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CANNED FOOD; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOKED FOOD; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; LIMPET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSC; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PRAWN; PRICK TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SEA FOOD; SINGAPORE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URTICARIA; WHEEZING; AMBULATORY CARE; COMORBIDITY; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; MILK ALLERGY; RHINITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SEAFOOD; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33947497551     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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