Latex allergy and associated risk factors in a group of Turkish patients with spina bifida

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 226-231

  Gülbahar, Okan ^a   Demir, Esen ^a   Mete, Nihal ^a   Ulman, Ibrahim ^a   Can, Demet ^a   Sin, Aytül ^a   Gülen, Figen ^a   Kokuludaǧ, Ali ^a   Tanaç, Remziye ^a   Sebik, Filiz ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Latex allergy; Risk factors; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SPINA BIFIDA; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; LATEX; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TURKEY;

EID: 4644362568     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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