Regulation of the immune response to allergens by immunosuppressive allergenic fragments: 1. Peptic fragments of honey bee venom phospholipase a2

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 361-366

  Litwin, Allen ^a   Pesce, Amadeo J ^a   Gabriel Michael, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PEPSIN A; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMAL; BEE VENOMS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGE; PEPSIN A; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHOLIPASES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0024265105     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000234701     Document Type: Article

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