IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions to cannabis in laboratory personnel

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 423-426

  Herzinger, T ^a   Schopf P ^a   Przybilla, B ^a   Rueff F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Conjunctivitis; Dermatitis, occupational; Hashish; Hypersensitivity; Marijuana; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BASOPHIL; CANNABIS SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; NOSE CONGESTION; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SNEEZING;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CANNABIS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 81155157780     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324444     Document Type: Article

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