Immunogenetics of human IgE

Human Antibodies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 157-166

  Snow, Rachel E ^a   Chapman, Caroline J ^a   Holgate, Stephen T ^b   Stevenson, Freda K ^a  

^a Tenovus Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic disease; Immune responses; Immunoglobulin E; Therapeutic intervention

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; SUPERANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; PARASITOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0030438074     PISSN: 10932607     EISSN: 1875869X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/HAB-1996-7403     Document Type: Article

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