Food allergy and oral allergy or pollen-food syndrome

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-251

  Katelaris, Constance Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birch pollen; Oral allergy syndrome; Pollen food syndrome; Profilin

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; POLLEN EXTRACT; PROFILIN;

ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; BIRCH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; DIET RESTRICTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; ORAL ALLERGY SYNDROME; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLLEN FOOD SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; CROSS REACTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIETARY PROTEINS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; PLANT PROTEINS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME;

EID: 77951807290     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e32833973fb     Document Type: Review

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