Pathergy response to skin prick testing

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1270-1272

  Johnson, Thomas L ^a   McCleskey, Patrick E ^b   Rathkopf, Melinda ^a   Meffert, Jeffrey J ^c   Hagan, Larry L ^a  

^a Departments of Allergy and Immunology   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; PUSTULE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN TEST; SKIN TINGLING; SWELLING; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 34247524275     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.01.033     Document Type: Letter

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