Anaphylactic versus mild reactions to hazelnut and apple in a birch-endemic area: Different sensitization profiles?

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-62

  Le, T M ^a   Van Hoffen, E ^a   Lebens, A F M ^a   Bruijnzeel Koomen, C A F M ^a   Knulst, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apple and hazelnut allergy; Birch pollen; Lipid transfer protein

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BET V 1; PROTEIN COR A 1; PROTEIN COR A 8; PROTEIN MAL D 1; PROTEIN PRU P 1; PROTEIN PRU P 3; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; APPLE; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MOUTH; NAUSEA; NETHERLANDS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; THROAT TIGHTNESS; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; BETULA; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORYLUS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MALUS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PROTEINS; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865590080     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339244     Document Type: Article

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