Natural latex, grass pollen, and weed pollen share IgE epitopes

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 356-364

  Fuchs, Thomas ^a   Spitzauer, Susanne ^b   Vente, Claudia ^a   Hevler, Joachim ^c   Kapiotis, Sonja ^b   Rumpold, Helmut ^b   Kraft, Dietrich ^b   Valenta, Rudolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Pharmacia and Upjohn Diagnostics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; IgE; Latex allergy; Mugwort pollen; Ragweed pollen; Timothy grass pollen

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GRASS; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 0030851772     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70249-5     Document Type: Article

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