Intimate behavior and allergy: A narrative review

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 394-400

  Liccardi, Gennaro ^a   Senna, Gianenrico ^b   Rotiroti, Giuseppina ^b   D'Amato, Gennaro ^a   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^c,d  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Verona General Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d Allergy and Respiratory Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BACAMPICILLIN; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; PENICILLIN G; THIORIDAZINE; VINBLASTINE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; DESENSITIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEMINAL PLASMA ALLERGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 36049044502     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60562-5     Document Type: Review

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