Occupational allergy to fungal lipase in the pharmaceutical industry

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-244

  Loureiro, Graça ^a   Tavares, B ^a   Pereira, C ^a   Lundberg, M ^b   Chieira, C ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b MIAB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enzyme allergy; Fungal lipase; Occupational allergy; Occupational asthma; Occupational rhinoconjuntivitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMYLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PEPSIN A; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INDUSTRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PATCH TEST; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PEAK NASAL INSPIRATORY FLOW; PRICK TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUSTRY; FUNGI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LIPASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 67651156338     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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