Clinical presentation and diagnosis of meat allergy in Switzerland and southern Germany

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 139, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 264-270

  Theler, Barbara ^a   Brockow, Knut ^b   Dutta, Manjula ^a   Ballmer Weber, Barbara Katharina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beef; Chicken; DBPCFC; Diagnosis; Meat allergy; Pork

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BEEF; CHICKEN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GERMANY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEAT ALLERGY; NAUSEA; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; PORK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SWITZERLAND; VOMITING; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649981804     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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