Hazelnut allergy: A multi-faced condition with demographic and geographic characteristics

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 317-321

  Ebo, D G ^a,b   Verweij, M M ^a,b   Sabato, V ^a,b   Hagendorens, M M ^a,b   Bridts, C H ^a,b   De Clerck, L S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergy; Component resolved diagnosis (CRD); Cor A; Hazelnut; IgE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRCH; CROSS REACTION; GRASS POLLEN; HAZELNUT; HAZELNUT ALLERGY; HUMAN; NUT ALLERGY; ORAL ALLERGY SYNDROME; POLLEN ALLERGY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW;

PLANT ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENS, PLANT; CORYLUS; HUMANS; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 84872014177     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/ACB.67.5.2062683     Document Type: Article

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