Buckwheat allergy: A potential problem in 21st century Britain

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sammut, David ^a   Dennison, Patrick ^a   Venter, Carina ^b   Kurukulaaratchy, Ramesh J ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; BUCKWHEAT; BUCKWHEAT ALLERGY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

EID: 81055146835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.09.2011.4882     Document Type: Article

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