Food-induced anaphylaxis: Who, what, why, and where?

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 536-541

  Shah, Ekta ^a   Pongracic, Jacqueline ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FOOD ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EGG ALLERGY; EXERCISE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD PROCESSING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MILK ALLERGY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUT ALLERGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF INJECTION; SKIN DISEASE; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 52649102018     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00904481-20080801-06     Document Type: Article

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