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Contact urticaria to rubber gloves is IgE‐mediated
Author(s) -
Frosch P. J.,
Wahil R.,
Bahmer F. A.,
Maasch H. J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1986.tb01233.x
Subject(s) - contact urticaria , natural rubber , immunoglobulin e , medicine , allergic contact dermatitis , dermatology , immunopathology , contact dermatitis , allergy , immunology , composite material , materials science , antibody
Serological studies were performed in 3 patients with typical contact urticaria to latex surgical gloves. Specific IgE antibodies to natural latex as well us to vulcanized glove material have been detected by radioimmunoassay. Contact urticaria to latex is considered to be of the immunologic type.