An update on allergens: Basidiomycete allergens

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1114-1121

  Horner, W E ^a   Helbling, A ^b   Lehrer, S B ^c  

^a Air Quality Sciences Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; BASIDIOMYCETES; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; MOULD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; CROSS REACTION; FUNGUS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEST;

ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CROSS REACTIONS; FUNGI; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0032240959     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1998.tb03830.x     Document Type: Review

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