Decrease in the rate of sensitization and clinical allergy to natural rubber latex

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-28

  Blaabjerg, Michelle S B ^a   Andersen, Klaus E ^a   Bindslev Jensen, Carsten ^a   Mortz, Charlotte G ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

allergy; birch pollen sensitization; food allergy; natural rubber latex; prevalence; sensitization

Indexed keywords

LATEX; RUBBER; ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRCH; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VEGETABLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS REACTION; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; POLLEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; BETULA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS REACTIONS; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84930757222     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12386     Document Type: Article

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