Skin testing with recombinant allergens rBet v 1 and birch profilin, rBet v 2: Diagnostic value for birch pollen and associated allergies

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1100-1109

  Pauli, Gabrielle ^a,f   Oster, Jean Philippe ^a   Deviller, Philippe ^b   Heiss, Suzanne ^c   Bessot, Jean Claude ^a   Susani, Markus ^d   Ferreira, Fatima ^e   Kraft, Dietrich ^c   Valenta, Rudolf ^c  

^a Pavillon Laennec   (Austria)

^b Univ Claude Bernard   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Institute of Molecular Biology Salzburg   (Austria)

^e Inst of Genet and General Biology   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Birch pollinosis; food allergy; recombinant birch allergen (rBet v 1); recombinant birch profilin (rBet v 2); skin tests

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; PROLIFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0029884666     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70264-6     Document Type: Article

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