Characteristics of histamine-releasing activity in the sera of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-98

  Zweiman, Burton ^a,b   Valenzano, Mary ^a   Atkins, Paul C ^a   Tanus, Tonny ^a   Getsy, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

basophils; histaine release; IgE; IgE receptors; urticaria

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URTICARIA;

EID: 0029743095     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70230-0     Document Type: Article

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