Bronchial procovation testing in the diagnosis of occupational asthma due to latex surgical gloves
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Bronchial provocation testing in the diagnosis of occupational asthma due to latex surgical gloves.
In sensitized subjects, provocation tests to latex may induce severe systemic reactions and even anaphylactic shock. It is probable that part of the risk is due to the difficulty in grading the stimulating dose and in starting from very low levels of exposure. To identify the aetiological agent of work-related asthma in four nurses with previous allergic contact urticaria to latex surgical glov...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0903-1936,0000-0000
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.94.07020332