Component-resolved diagnosis (CRD) of type I allergy with recombinant grass and tree pollen allergens by skin testing

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 830-837

  Heiss, Susanne ^a   Mahler, Vera ^a   Steiner, Renate ^a   Spitzauer, Susanne ^a   Schweiger, Christian ^a   Kraft, Dietrich ^a   Valenta, Rudolf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

IgE; Recombinant allergens; Skin testing; Type I allergy

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032708191     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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