Comparative studies of functional and binding assays for IgG anti-FcεRIα (α-subunit) in chronic urticaria

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 672-676

  Ferrer, Marta ^a   Kinét, Jean Pierre ^b   Kaplan, Allen P ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Histamine release; IgE receptor; Mast cells; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASOPHIL; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL;

EID: 0031960223     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70176-9     Document Type: Article

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