Identification of low allergenic apple cultivars using skin prick tests and oral food challenges

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 491-498

  Vlieg Boerstra, B J ^a   Van De Weg, W E ^b   Van Der Heide, S ^a   Kerkhof, M ^a   Arens, P ^b   Heijerman Peppelman, G ^b   Dubois, A E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food allergy; Immunologic tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; APPLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTIVAR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SEASON; SKIN TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MALUS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953903145     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02499.x     Document Type: Article

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