Characterization of IgE-reactive autoantigens in atopic dermatitis. 2. A pilot study on IgE versus IgG subclass response and seasonal variation of IgE autoreactivity

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-125

  Seiberler, Susanne ^b   Natter, Susanne ^b   Hufnagl, Peter ^b   Binder, Bernd R ^b   Valenta, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atopy; Deglycosylation; Epitopes; IgE reactive autoantigens; IgG subclass reactivity

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY FORMATION; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOGENS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERIODIC ACID; PILOT PROJECTS; POLLEN; SEASONS;

EID: 0032849386     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024229     Document Type: Article

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