Seasonal variation of IgG subclass antibodies to house dust mite in sera from mite-sensitive asthmatic patients

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 411-415

  Nahm, Dong Ho ^a   Park, Hae Sim ^a   Kim, Cheol Woo ^b   Park, Jung Won ^b   Hong, Chein Soo ^b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0031804765     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62993-6     Document Type: Article

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