A case of oral allergy syndrome whose symptoms were dramatically improved after rush subcutaneous injection immunotherapy with pollen extracts of birch

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 652-658

  Okamoto, Yoshihisa ^a   Kurihara, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birch pollen; Component resolved diagnostics; Oral allergy syndrome; Pollen food allergy syndrome; Subcutaneous immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIRCH EXTRACT; POLLEN EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; APPLE; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CUCUMBER; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; ORAL ALLERGY SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROVOCATION TEST; RAGWEED; RAGWEED POLLEN; SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; BETULA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLLEN;

EID: 84861736045     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: 13477935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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