IgE reactivity to Api g 1, a major celery allergen, in a Central European population is based on primary sensitization by Bet v 1

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 478-484

  Hoffmann Sommergruber, Karin ^a,f   Demoly, Pascal ^b   Crameri, Reto ^c   Breiteneder, Heimo ^a   Ebner, Christof ^a   Machado, Margit Laimer Da Camara ^d   Blaser, Kurt ^c   Ismail, Chaim ^e   Scheiner, Otto ^a   Bousquet, Jean ^b   Menz, Günther ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^c SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e Hochgebirgsklinik   (Switzerland)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Api g 1; Bet v 1; Birch pollen allergy; Celery allergy; Cross reactivity; Mugwort pollen allergy; Skin prick tests

Indexed keywords

CELLERY ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT EXTRACT; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWITZERLAND; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0032827930     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70397-0     Document Type: Article

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