Heightened IgE response to mite antigens in inflammatory neuropathies

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-80

  Horiuchi, Izumi ^a   Kawano, Yuji ^a   Yamasaki, Kenji ^a   Matsuo, Hidenori ^b   Minohara, Motozumi ^a   Nakamura, Tatsufumi ^c   Hashiguchi, Hideyuki ^d   Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Kawatana Medical Center   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergen specific IgE; Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; Fisher syndrome; Guillain Barre syndrome; HyperIgEaemia; Mononeuritis multiplex

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA E; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; MITES; NEURITIS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 0032806958     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00098-2     Document Type: Article

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