Automated specific IgE assay with recombinant allergens: Evaluation of the recombinant Aspergillus fumigatus allergen I in the Pharmacia CAP System

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1411-1419

  Crameri, R ^a   Lidholm, J ^b   Gronlund H ^b   Stuber D ^c   Blaser, K ^a   Menz, G ^d  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^d Hochgebirgsklinik ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Automated serology; CAP System; IgE detection; rAsp fI; Recombinant allergens; Skin tests

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; CYTOTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0030466341     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00543.x     Document Type: Article

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