Allergic bronchial asthma due to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus hypersensitivity can be efficiently treated by inoculation of allergen-antibody complexes

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 1024-1035

  Machiels, Jacques J ^a   Somville, Michel A ^b   Lebrun, Philippe M ^b   Lebecque, Serge J ^b   Jacquemin, Marc G ^b   Saint Remy, Jean Marie R ^b,c  

^a Clinique Saint Pierre of Ottignies   (Belgium)

^b International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atopy; House dust mite; Immediate hypersensitivity; Immune complexes; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; MIDDLE AGE; MITES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SKIN TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025324404     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI114532     Document Type: Article

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