Papain Induced Occupational Asthma with Kiwi and Fig Allergy
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Papain Induced Occupational Asthma with Kiwi and Fig Allergy.
Papain is a proteolytic enzyme which is widely used in food industry, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Occupational and non-occupational papain allergies have previously been documented; however, there are limited publications about papain allergy with its relative fruit allergy. Here, we present a case of occupational, IgE-mediated papain allergy with kiwi fruit and fig fruit allergy. A 53-year...
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عنوان ژورنال: Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2092-7355,2092-7363
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2016.8.2.170