Allergy to pumpkin with cyclophilin as the relevant allergen

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-99

  De Olano, David González ^a   González Mancebo, Eloina ^a   Macadán, Sara Santos ^a   Cano, Mar Gandolfo ^a   Pérez Gordo, Marina ^b   Ortega, Bárbara Cases ^b   Vivanco, Fernado ^b,c   Vargas, Carlos Pastor ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYCLOPHILIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMPKIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 76749157850     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2009.11.019     Document Type: Letter

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