Anaphylaxis induced by horsefly bites: Identification of a 69 kd IgE-binding salivary gland protein from Chrysops spp. (Diptera Tabanidae) by western blot analysis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 134-136

  Hemmer, Wolfgang ^a   Focke, Margarete ^a   Vieluf, Dieter ^b   Berg Drewniok, Barbara ^b   Götz, Manfred ^a,c   Jarisch, Reinhart ^a  

^a Dermatologie and Pediatric Allergy Clinic   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEMIZOLE; BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT VENOM;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FLY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SALIVARY GLAND; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

EID: 0031890176     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70208-8     Document Type: Article

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