Comparative study between skin prick tests and TOP-CAST allergen leukocyte stimulation in diagnosis of allergic status

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-118

  Medrala W ^a,b   Wolanczyk Medrala A ^a   Malolepszy J ^a   Patkowski, J ^a   Litwa, M ^a   Gietkiewicz, K ^a   Wrzyszcz, M ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergy; CAST ELISA; Diagnostic methods

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 3; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; PRICK TEST; SKIN;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LEUKOCYTES; LEUKOTRIENES; MALE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0030952847     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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