Food allergy to apple and specific immunotherapy with birch pollen

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 441-448

  Hansen, Kirsten Skamstrup ^a,c   Khinchi, Marianne Søndergaard ^a   Skov, Per Stahl ^a   Bindslev Jensen, Carsten ^b   Poulsen, Lars K ^a   Malling, Hans Jørgen ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apple allergy; Birch pollen; Food allergy; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; GLYCEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO; POLLEN EXTRACT;

ADULT; APPLE; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HAY FEVER; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; BETULA; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MALUS; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN TESTS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 8744274128     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200400037     Document Type: Article

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