Prediction of obeche wood-induced asthma by specific skin prick testing
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Prediction of obeche wood-induced asthma by specific skin prick testing.
BACKGROUND It has previously been shown that a positive skin prick test (SPT) result is a good predictor of a positive specific inhalation challenge (SIC) in patients with occupational asthma (OA) related to wheat or rye flours. This association has not been previously studied in OA attributable to obeche wood. AIMS To describe a clinical series of patients with OA induced by obeche wood. To ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0962-7480,1471-8405
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqt050