Circulating cat allergen and immune complexes in catallergic children

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1258-1263

  Casas, R ^a,b   Djerf, P ^a   Haggstrom P ^a   Ferrandiz R ^a   Bjorksten B ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergen; Fel d 1; Immune complex; Immunoglobulin E; Immunoglobulin G

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ASTHMA; CATS; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE;

EID: 0032467126     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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