Oilseed rape pollen is a potentially relevant allergen

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-161

  Hemmer, W ^a,c   Focke, M ^a   Wantke, F ^a   Jager S ^a   Gotz M ^a,b   Jarisch, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c Dermatologic Pediat Allerg Clin   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agricultural allergens; Allergen characterization; Oilseed rape; Pollen allergens; Spring pollinosis

Indexed keywords

POLLEN ANTIGEN; RAPESEED OIL;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST;

ALLERGENS; BRASSICA; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; INTRADERMAL TESTS; PLANT OILS; POLLEN; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0031051802     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb00687.x     Document Type: Article

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