Hypersensitivity reactions to marijuana

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 282-284

  Tessmer, Ayla ^a   Berlin, Noam ^a   Sussman, Gordon ^b   Leader, Nathan ^a   Chung, Eddie Chu ^a   Beezhold, Donald ^c  

^a Gordon Sussman Clinical Allergy Research Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS REACTION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; LETTER; MARIJUANA ALLERGY; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; RHINORRHEA; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; SWELLING; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

EID: 84859423837     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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