Recombinant allergens: The future of the dliagnosis and treatment of atopic allergy

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 45, 1998, Pages 62-66

  Kraft, D ^a   Ferreira, F ^c   Ebner, C ^a   Valenta, R ^a   Breiteneder, H ^a   Susani, M ^b   Breitenbach, M ^a   Scheiner, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ALLERGENICITY; ATOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASS POLLEN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALLERGENS; ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOTHERAPY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0031667332     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1998.tb04942.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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