The ’Travelling salesman problem’: A new approach for identification of differences among pollen allergens

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 371-377

  Kosman, E ^a   Eshel, A ^a   Waisel, Yoae ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allergens; Clustering; Cross reactivity; Pollen; Skin tests; Travelling salesman problem

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMARANTH; POLLEN ANTIGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CROSS REACTION; CULTIVAR; GRASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PLANT; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; TRAVEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; POLLEN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ALLERGENS; CROSS REACTIONS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; SKIN TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030615256     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237482     Document Type: Article

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