Shellfish allergy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 850-858

  Lopata, A L ^a   O'Hehir, R E ^b   Lehrer, S B ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE KINASE; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; TROPOMYOSIN; ALLERGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ANAPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; CRUSTACEA; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MOLLUSC; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REVIEW; SEA FOOD; SHELLFISH; T LYMPHOCYTE; URTICARIA; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CRUSTACEA; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MOLLUSCA; PREVALENCE; SHELLFISH; TROPOMYOSIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952049755     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03513.x     Document Type: Review

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