High prevalence of sIgE to Galactose-α-1,3-galactose in rural pre-Alps area: A cross-sectional study

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 377-380

  Villalta, D ^a   Pantarotto, L ^a   Da Re, M ^a   Conte, M ^a   Sjolander, S ^b   Borres, M P ^b,c   Martelli, P ^a  

^a S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLGALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN; GALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANAPHYLAXIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RED MEAT; SEROLOGY; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; URBAN AREA; BLOOD; DIET; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TICK BITES; URBAN POPULATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ITALY; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TICK BITES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84955567164     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12655     Document Type: Letter

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