Common millet anaphylaxis: A case of a bird-keeper sensitized to millet via inhalation, who developed anaphylaxis after oral ingestion

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-342

  Takahama, H ^a,c   Shimazu, T ^b  

^a Machida Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Tachibanadai Hospital   (Japan)

^c Machida Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETAMETHASONE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; BIRD; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INHALATION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MILLET; PRESCRIPTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MELOPSITTACUS; PANICUM; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42249101917     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02625.x     Document Type: Letter

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