Clinically relevant cross-reactivity between latex and passion fruit

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 449-

  Cabanillas, Beatriz ^a   Rodŕiguez, Julia ^a   Blanca, Natalia ^a   Jiḿenez, M Aranzazu ^a   Crespo, Jeśus F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; SUGAR; ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN BINDING; AVOCADO; BANANA; CASE REPORT; CHESTNUT; COFFEE; COUGHING; CROSS REACTION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFORMED CONSENT; LACRIMATION; LETTER; MANGO; MILK; OCULAR PRURITUS; OROPHARYNX; PASSION FRUIT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; RHINORRHEA; SNEEZING; TONGUE SWELLING; URTICARIA; WHEAT GERM; ALLERGY; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; PASSIFLORA; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST;

EID: 73349143963     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60370-5     Document Type: Letter

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