Assessment of autoimmunity in patients with chronic urticaria

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 461-465

  Tong, Li Juan ^a   Balakrishnan, Ganapathi ^b   Kochan, Jarema P ^c   Kinét, Jean Pierre ^d   Kaplan, Allen P ^a,e  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wyoming Chest and Allergy PC   (United States)

^c HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; histamine release; IgE receptor; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASOPHIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAT;

EID: 0030935133     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70071-X     Document Type: Article

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