Recombinant allergen-specific antibody fragments: Tools for diagnosis, prevention and therapy of type I allergy

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 745-749

  Valenta, Rudolf ^a   Flicker, Sabine ^a   Eibensteiner, Petra Bettina ^a   Steinberger, Peter ^a   Laffer, Sylvia ^a   Dolecek, Christiane ^a   Kraft, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergen; Allergen specific antibody fragments Fab; Combinatorial libraries; Diagnosis; IgE; Prevention; Therapy; Type I allergy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBODY; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; MICE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ACARI;

EID: 0030751266     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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