Skin reactivity to histamine and codeine in unselected 9-year-old children from Italy, Poland and Libya

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-142

  Ronchetti, Roberto ^a,f   Villa, Maria Pia ^a   Bohmerova, Zuzana ^a   Martella, Susy ^a   Falasca, Carlo ^a   Barreto, Mario ^a   Lesiak Bednarek, Anna ^b   Al Bousafy, Ahmed ^c   Al Tubuly, Abdulhamid ^d   Zakrzewski, Jacek ^e   Haluszka, Janusz ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^e Ospedale Sant' Andrea ^*  (Poland)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Codeine skin reactivity; Histamine skin reactivity; International differences; Unselected children

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; HISTAMINE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MAST CELL; POLAND; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

CHILD; CODEINE; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; ITALY; LIBYA; MALE; POLAND; SKIN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 5644224353     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080656     Document Type: Article

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