Wheat allergy

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 238-243

  Inomata, Naoko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergen; Exercise induced anaphylaxis; Food dependent; Gliadin; IgE; Wheat allergy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ALBUMIN; AMYLASE; AMYLASE INHIBITOR; BETA AMYLASE; DICLOFENAC; EPITOPE; FOOD ALLERGEN; GLIADIN; GLOBULIN; GLUTENIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; LOXOPROFEN; OMEGA 5 GLIADIN; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; THIOREDOXIN; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CEREAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS LINKING; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SELF INJECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; SOLUBILITY; WHEAT; WHEAT ALLERGY; WHEAT DEPENDENT EXERCISE INDUCED ANAPHYLAXIS;

ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLIADIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRITICUM; WHEAT HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 68049131224     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e32832aa5bc     Document Type: Review

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