Bird-egg syndrome caused by agapornis species (lovebird)

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-72

  Villas, F ^a   Compes, E ^a   Fernandez Nieto M ^b   Munoz M P ^a   Bartolome, B ^c   De Las Heras, M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OBISPO POLANCO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN JIMÉNEZ DÍAZ   (Spain)

^c Bial Aristegui   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agapornis; Alpha livetin; Asthma; Bird egg syndrome; Feathers

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OVALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRD EGG SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; EGG ALLERGY; FEATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARROT; PET ANIMAL; PRICK TEST; RHINITIS; SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; AGAPORNIS; ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; EGG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 62549099586     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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