Analysis of the allergenic composition of rat dust

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 533-541

  Gordon, S ^a   Tee, R D ^a   Newman Taylor, A J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laboratory animal allergy; Rat dust allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DUST; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RAT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS REACTIONS; DUST; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0029977841     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00573.x     Document Type: Article

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