Occupational immunoglobulin E-mediated asthma due to Penicillium camemberti in a dry-sausage packer

Respiration

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-111

  Merget, R ^a,c   Sander, I ^a   Rozynek, P ^a   Heinze, E ^a   Imoehl, M ^b   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^a   Bruening, T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin E mediated asthma; Occupational allergy; Penicillium camemberti moulds

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEAT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PENICILLIUM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MEAT PRODUCTS; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PENICILLIUM; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 46249115660     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097137     Document Type: Article

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