Asthma Caused by Ficus benjamina Latex: Evidence of Cross-Reactivity with Fig Fruit and Papain
- 31 January 1998
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Elsevier in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
- Vol. 80 (1) , 24-30
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1081-1206(10)62934-1
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