Birch pollen-related foods trigger atopic dermatitis in patients with specific cutaneous T-cell responses to birch pollen antigens

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 466-472

  Reekers, Renate ^a   Busche, Marc ^a   Wittmann, Miriam ^a   Kapp, Alexander ^a   Werfel, Thomas ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Birch pollen related foods; Cross reactivities; Specific T cells

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DETERIORATION; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN BIOPSY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0032827478     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70395-7     Document Type: Article

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