Application of recombinant latex allergens in diagnostics of occupational latex allergy
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[Application of recombinant latex allergens in diagnostics of occupational latex allergy].
Over many years, allergy to natural rubber latex has been a major problem among health care workers (HCW). The diagnosis of occupational allergy requires methods of high diagnostic accuracy in view of certification implications (e.g., a sick worker quits a job). With the development of molecular methods, the frequency of application of recombinant allergens it the diagnostics of allergic diseas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medycyna Pracy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0465-5893
DOI: 10.13075/mp.5893.00001