Occupational asthma related to mouse allergen exposure and rhinoconjunctivitis due to collagenase inhalation in a laboratory technician

Respiration

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 467-470

  Munoz X ^a,b   Gomez Olles S ^b   Cruz, M J ^b   Morell, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collagenase; Mouse proteins; Occupational asthma; Specific inhalation challenge

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COLLAGENASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROVOCATION TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; COLLAGENASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MICE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 34447627495     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088709     Document Type: Article

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