Mosquito allergy: Clinical features and natural course

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1025-1031

  Kulthanan, Kanokvalai ^a   Wongkamchai, Sirichit ^b   Triwongwaranat, Daranporn ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

clinical features; mosquito allergy; natural course

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; SALIVA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESENSITIZATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO; PRICK TEST; SKIN MANIFESTATION; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULEX; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT PROTEINS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; SKIN TESTS; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649650241     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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