Allergen-specific conjunctival challenge in asthma

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-250

  Ciprandi, Giorgio ^a   Buscaglia, Sandra ^a   Scordamaglia, Antonio ^a   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergen specific conjunctival challenge; Allergic asthma; Allergic inflammation; Early phase reaction; Parietaria judaica pollen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EOSINOPHILS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0031048163     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237461     Document Type: Article

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