Sensitivity to bee and wasp venoms: Association with specific IgE responses to the bee and wasp venom and HLA DRB1 and DPB1

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 578-583

  Faux, J A ^a,b   Moffatt, M F ^a   Lalvani, A ^b   Dekker, J ^a   Warrell, D A ^b   Cookson, W O C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bee venom; DPB1; DRB1; HLA class II; specific IgE; wasp venom

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; WASP VENOM;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT STING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DP ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; ODDS RATIO; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030914620     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb00748.x     Document Type: Article

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