Indoor versus outdoor allergens in allergic respiratory disease

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 634-639

  Platts Mills, Thomas Ae ^a   Wheatley, Lisa M ^a   Aalberse, Rob C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ASTHMA; ENZYME CONFORMATION; EOSINOPHIL; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0032404052     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(98)80081-2     Document Type: Article

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