House dust mite allergy in Southern Africa - Historical perspective and current status

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 132-137

  Potter, P C ^a   Davis, G ^b   Manjra, A ^c   Luyt, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CLIMATE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MITES;

EID: 0030022759     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00071.x     Document Type: Review

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