Allergies to fruits and vegetables

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 675-681

  Fernández Rivas, Montserrat ^a   Benito, Cristina ^b   González Mancebo, Eloína ^c   Dolores Alonso Diaz De Durana M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergy; Food; Fruit; Lipid transfer protein; Oral allergy syndrome; Profilin

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; PROFILIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC REACTION; APPLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; OLIVE; OROPHARYNX; PEACH; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FRUIT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROFILINS; SKIN TESTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 56649083648     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00821.x     Document Type: Review

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