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Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 353045, 5 pages
doi:10.5402/2011/353045
Clinical Study

Histamine 50-Skin-Prick Test: A Tool to Diagnose Histamine Intolerance

Lukas Kofler,1 Hanno Ulmer,2 and Heinz Kofler1

1Private Allergy Clinic Hall i.T., Thurnfeldgasse 3a, 6060 Hall i.T., Austria
2Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Schöpfstraße 41/1, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Received 17 December 2010; Accepted 12 January 2011

Academic Editors: N. G. Kounis and Á. Moreno-Ancillo

Copyright © 2011 Lukas Kofler et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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