Comparison of a radioallergosorbent (RAST) inhibition method and a monoclonal enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for aeroallergen measurement

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1314-1321

  Renstrom A ^a   Gordon, S ^b   Larsson, P H ^a   Tee, R D ^b   Newman Taylor, A J ^b   Malmberg, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen; Air sampling; ELISA; Monoclonal antibodies; RAST inhibition; Rat n 1.02; Rat urinary allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RAT;

EID: 0030697526     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb01177.x     Document Type: Article

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