Comparison between two automated systems to determine specific IgE: CAP and ELItest

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1420-1427

  Brunnee T ^a   Seeberger, A ^a   Kleine Tebbe, J ^a   Kunkel, G ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; CAP; Diagnosis; ELItest; Immunoglobulin; Immunology; Specific IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; POLLEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0030448068     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00544.x     Document Type: Article

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