Respiratory allergy to moth: the importance of sensitization to Bombyx mori in children with asthma and rhinitis ,

OBJECTIVE:this study aimed to prepare a silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) antigenic extract and to perform skin prick tests with this extract in patients with allergic respiratory diseases; to evaluate serum specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) to Bombyx mori using ImmunoCAP(r) system and to report the frequen...

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Main Authors: Laura M.L. Araujo, Nelson A. Rosário Filho, Carlos A. Riedi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-04-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572014000200176&lng=en&tlng=en