T-cell sensitization to epitopes from the house dust mites Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Euroglyphus maynei

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 868-875

  Hales, B J ^a   Thomas, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Epitopes; Euroglyphus maynei; House dust mite; T cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CROSS REACTIONS; DUST; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030748311     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb01226.x     Document Type: Article

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