Sensitization of a child to Cyanobacteria after recreational swimming in a lake

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1902-1904.e3

  Geh, Esmond N ^a,b   De La Cruz, Armah A ^c   Ghosh, Debajyoti ^a   Stelma, Gerard ^c   Bernstein, Jonathan A ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; SUNSCREEN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EPINEPHRINE AUTOINJECTOR; FEMALE; HAND RASH; HUMAN; LAKE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SWELLING; SWIMMING; ACRODERMATITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ACRODERMATITIS; CETIRIZINE; CHILD; CYANOBACTERIA; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAKES; SWIMMING;

EID: 84962068232     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.12.1340     Document Type: Article

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