Polyethylene glycol reactive antibodies in man: Titer distribution in allergic patients treated with monomethoxy polyethylene glycol modified allergens or placebo, and in healthy blood donors

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 36-39

  Richter, Ary Wolfgang ^a   Åkerblom, Eva ^a  

^a Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; MACROGOL; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PLACEBO;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THERAPY;

ALLERGENS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HAPTENS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPES; KINETICS; MALE; PLACEBOS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 0021246228     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000233512     Document Type: Article

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