Improved diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with gp66 (formerly antigen 7) of Aspergillus fumigatus for specific IgE detection

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-63

  Little, Sally Anne ^a,b   Warner, John Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Aspergillus fumigatus; cystic fibrosis; ELISA; IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029739086     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70226-9     Document Type: Article

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