Contact urticaria from chironomids

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-

  Galindo, P A ^a   Melero, R ^b   Garcia R ^a   Feo, F ^a   Gomez E ^a   Fernandez F ^a  

^a Seccion de Alergia   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Analisis Clinicos   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airborne; Aquarist; Chironomids; Chironomus spp.; Contact urticaria; Fish food; Red midge larvae

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTACT URTICARIA; GLOVE; HUMAN; LARVA; MALE;

EID: 9244245263     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02207.x     Document Type: Article

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