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Severe asthma due to occupational exposure to Guar Gum: is Lipid Transfer Protein involved?
  1. Maria Angiola Crivellaro1,
  2. Giacomo Malipiero1,
  3. Pietro Maculan1,
  4. Gianenrico Senna2,
  5. Giovanni Passalacqua3,
  6. Piero Maestrelli4
  1. 1 Department of Cardiac-Thoracic-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
  2. 2 Allergologia, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy
  3. 3 Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
  4. 4 Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Giacomo Malipiero, Medicina del Lavoro, Padova, Italy; giacomo.malipiero{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2019-106341

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    • Contributors All authors contributed equally to the writing and revision of the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

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