Prevalence of sensitization to lipid transfer proteins and profilins in a population of 430 patients in the South of Madrid

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-282

  Gonzalez Mancebo E ^a   Gonzalez de Olano D ^a   Trujillo, M J ^a   Santos, S ^a   Gandolfo Cano, M ^a   Melendez A ^a   Juarez R ^a   Morales, P ^a   Calso, A ^a   Mazuela, O ^a   Zapatero, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergy; Fruit; LTP; Plant food; Pollen; Profilin; Pru p 3; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROFILIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PEACH; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SENSITIZATION; SPAIN; VEGETABLE;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FRUIT; HUMANS; PLANT PROTEINS; PREVALENCE; PROFILINS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TESTS; SPAIN; URTICARIA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79959482981     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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