Regional Distribution of Allergic Tree Pollen in Japan

Reiko Kishikawa^1,6*, Eiko Koto¹, Chie Oshikawa¹, Akemi Saito², Norio Sahashi^3,6, Nobuo Soh⁴, Toshitaka Yokoyama⁵, Tadao Enomoto⁶, Atsushi Usami⁶, Toru Imai⁶, Koji Murayama⁶, Yuma Fukutomi², Masami Taniguchi², Terufumi Shimoda¹ and Tomoaki Iwanaga¹

¹The National Hospital Organization Fukuoka Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

²The National Hospital Organization Sagamihara Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan

³Toho University, Funabashi, Japan

⁴Soh ENT clinic, Fukuoka, Japan

⁵Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

⁶NPO Association of Pollen Information, Tokyo, Japan

^*Corresponding Author: Reiko Kishikawa, MD, PhD, Department of Allergology, The National Hospital Organization Fukuoka Hospital, 4-39-1 Yakatabaru Minami- Ku Fukuoka 811-1394, Japan, Tel: +81 92 565 5534, Fax: +81 92 566 0702 Email:

Keywords: Tree pollen allergy, Japanese Cedar/cypress family, Beech and Birch family, Oral allergic syndrome

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