HLA class II antigens DR4 and DQ8 are associated with allergy to hevein, a major allergen of Hevea latex

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-95

  Rihs, H P ^a,c   Chen, Z ^a   Cremer, R ^b   Baur, X ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

DQ8; DR4; Health care workers; Hevea latex; Hevein; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031024285     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02719.x     Document Type: Article

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