Structural and antigenic studies of cockroach allergens and their relevance to asthma

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 409, Issue , 1996, Pages 95-101

  Chapman, Martin D ^a,b   Vailes, Lisa D ^a   Hayden, Mary Lou ^a   Benjamin, David C ^a   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^a   Arruda, L Karla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; COCKROACH; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BLATTARIA;

EID: 0030432614     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5855-2_13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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