Cross-allergenicity of the house dust mites Euroglyphus maynei and Blomia tropicalis

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 386-392

  Morgan, Marjorie S ^a   Arlian, Larry G ^a   Fernandez Caldas, Enrique ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; CROSSED IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029731728     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63337-6     Document Type: Article

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