Pomegranate (Punica granatum) allergy: Clinical and immunological findings

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-180

  Damiani, Elisabetta ^a   Aloia, Anna M ^a   Priore, Maria G ^a   Nardulli, Stefania ^a   Ferrannini, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; MALE; POMEGRANATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; TONGUE EDEMA; UPPER LIP; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUNICACEAE; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249123109     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60176-7     Document Type: Letter

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