Seeking allergy when it hides: Which are the best fitting tests?

World Allergy Organization Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Incorvaia, Cristoforo ^a   Fuiano, Nicola ^b   Canonica, Giorgio W ^c  

^a ICP Hospital   (Italy)

^b Paediatric Allergy Service   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy patch test; LgE tests; Local allergic rhinitis; Nonallergic; Rhinitis; T cell mediated hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE; FILAGGRIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY TEST; ALTERNARIA; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE PROVOCATION TEST; PATCH TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL; VASOMOTOR RHINITIS;

EID: 84887802845     PISSN: 19394551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1939-4551-6-11     Document Type: Review

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