Tick bite-related meat allergy as a cause of chronic urticaria, angioedema, and anaphylaxis in endemic areas

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e64-e65

  Ghahramani, Grant K ^a   Temprano, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GALACTOSYLGALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISONE; DISACCHARIDE; GALACTOSYL-(1-3)GALACTOSE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHRONIC URTICARIA; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD ALLERGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; TICK BITE; TONGUE SWELLING; UNITED STATES; VENISON; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DEER; IMMUNOLOGY; TICK; URTICARIA;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIOEDEMA; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEER; DISACCHARIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; TICKS; URTICARIA;

EID: 84921513986     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijd.12672     Document Type: Letter

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