Acta Med. 2015, 58: 9-14

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2015.85

Egg Allergy in Adolescent and Adult Patient Suffering from Atopic Dermatitis – Association with Concomitant Allergic Diseases

Jarmila Čelakovskáa, Květuše Ettlerováb, Karel Ettlera, Josef Bukačc

aDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology Faculty Hospital and Medical Faculty of Charles University, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Outpatient Clinic, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
cDepartment of Medical Biophysic, Medical Faculty of Charles University in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received December 16, 2014
Accepted March 25, 2015

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