Differentiation between cosensitization and cross-reactivity in wheat flour and grass pollen-sensitized subjects

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 378-385

  Sander, Ingrid ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^a   Duser M ^a   Flagge, A ^a   Czuppon, A B ^a   Baur, X ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergens; Baker s asthma; Cross reactivity; Grass pollen; Inhibition; Pollinosis; Specific IgE; Wheat flour

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; FLOUR; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0030907386     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237483     Document Type: Article

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