Helminthic infection as a factor in new-onset coffee allergy in a father and daughter

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 773-774

  Ciprandi, Giorgio ^a   Cavallucci, Enrico ^b   Cuccurullo, Franco ^b   Di Gioacchino, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; MEBENDAZOLE;

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; COFFEE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GRASS POLLEN; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CLONORCHIASIS; COFFEE; DIARRHEA; EOSINOPHILS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 40149097145     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.09.050     Document Type: Letter

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