Allergy for cheese: Evidence for an IgE-mediated reaction from the natural dye annatto

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1558-1560

  Ebo, D G ^a   Ingelbrecht, S ^a   Bridts, C H ^a   Stevens, W J ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Annatto; Basophil; Cheese

Indexed keywords

ANNATTO; CD63 ANTIGEN; DYE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CASE REPORT; CHEESE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UPREGULATION; URTICARIA;

EID: 70349192946     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02102.x     Document Type: Article

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