Platanus pollen as an important cause of pollinosis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 6 I, 1997, Pages 748-754

  Varela, Susana ^a   Subiza, Javier ^a,d   Subiza, José Luis ^b   Rodríguez, Rosa ^b   García, Belen ^a   Jerez, Miguel ^a   Jiménez, Juan Antonio ^a   Panzani, Raphael ^c  

^a General Pardiñas Center of Asthma and Allergy   (Spain)

^b Inmunotek   (Spain)

^c Laboratorie de Recherches   (France)

^d Centro de Asma y Alergia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airborne pollen; Allergenic pollen; London plane tree; Platanus pollen; Pollinosis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREE;

EID: 0031398754     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70268-9     Document Type: Article

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