Diagnosing IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to sesame by an immediate-reading "contact test" with sesame oil

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1627-1629

  Alonzi, Cristiana ^a   Campi, Paolo ^b   Gaeta, Francesco ^a   Pineda, Fernando ^c   Romano, Antonino ^a,d  

^a Allergy Unit   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Diater Laboratorios   (Spain)

^d OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SESAME SEED OIL;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CONTACT TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; FOREARM; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESAME; SESAME ALLERGY; URTICARIA;

EID: 79957802740     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.01.050     Document Type: Article

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