Development of Allergy to Laboratory Animals Is Associated with Particular Gm and HLA Genes

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-78

  Oxelius, Vivi Anne ^a   Sjostedt, Lars ^b   Willers, Stefan ^c   Low, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swed Found Occup Hlth Safety S   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopy; Gm allotypes; HLA class II antigens; Laboratory animal allergy

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS;

ALLERGY; ALLOTYPE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 14Q; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM GROUP GM SYSTEM;

EID: 0029967423     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237314     Document Type: Article

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