Clinical, anamnestic and serological features of peach allergy in Portugal

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-73

  Rodrigues Alves, Rodrigo ^a,b,d   Lopez, Anabela ^a   Pereira Santos, Maria Conceição ^b   Lopes Silva, Susana ^a   Spínola Santos, Amélia ^a   Costa, Célia ^a   Branco Ferreira, Manuel ^a   Lidholm, Jonas ^c   Pereira Barbosa, Manuel ^a  

^a Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL DO DIVINO ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Peach allergy; Pollinosis; Portugal; Recombinant allergen; RPru p 3

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN RPRU P 1; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN RPRU P 3; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN RPRU P 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NUT ALLERGY; PEACH; PLUM; PORTUGAL; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; ROSACEAE; SENSITIZATION; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PRUNUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 56449096021     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000176308     Document Type: Article

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