Influence of mite growth culture phases on the biological standardization of allergenic extracts

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 201-206

  Eraso, E ^a,b   Martinez J ^a,b   Garcia Ortega P ^c   Martinez A ^a   Palacios, R ^a   Cisterna, R ^b   Guisantes, J A ^b  

^a IFIDESA ARISTEGUI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergenic extracts; Allergy; Biological standardization; Dermatophagoides farinae; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; House dust mites

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRICK TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MITES; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0031671005     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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