Skin-test reactivity and isotype-specific immune responses to recombinant Asp f3, a major allergen of Aspergillus fumigatus

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 860-867

  Hemmann, S ^a   Ismail, C ^b   Blaser, K ^a   Menz, G ^b   Crameri, R ^a  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^b Hochgebirgsklinik Davos Wolfgang   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ABPA; Aspergillus fumigatus; Recombinant allergens; Serology

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0031812652     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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