Evaluation of banana hypersensitivity among a group of atopic egyptian children: Relation to parental/self reports

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 150-154

  El Sayed, Zeinab A ^a   El Ghoneimy, Dalia H ^a   El Shennawy, Dina ^b   Nasser, Manar W ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Allergic children; Banana hypersensitivity; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BANANA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SKIN TEST;

EID: 84877116302     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2013.5.3.150     Document Type: Article

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