Sensitization to Ficus benjamina: Relationship to natural rubber latex allergy and identification of foods implicated in the Ficus-fruit syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1251-1258

  Hemmer, W ^a   Focke, M ^a   Gotz M ^a   Jarisch, R ^a  

^a FAZ Floridsdorf Allergy Centre   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ficus benjamina; Ficus carica; Ficus fruit syndrome; Fig fruit; Hevein; Kiwi fruit; Latex fruit syndrome; Ornamental plants; Papain; Thiolproteases

Indexed keywords

FICIN; HEVEIN; PAPAIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AVOCADO; BANANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FICUS; FIG; HEVEA; HUMAN; KIWIFRUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPAYA; PINEAPPLE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; URTICARIA;

ACTINIDIA; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANANAS; CARICA; CROSS REACTIONS; FICUS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEVEA; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MASS SCREENING; MUSA; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 4143094737     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.02046.x     Document Type: Article

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