The incidence of Japanese cedar pollinosis and sensitization to the pollen allergens among Japanese monkeys in a troop

Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 522-525

  Sakaguchi, M ^a   Kobayashi, C ^a   Inouye, S ^a   Saito, S ^b   Hirahara, K ^c   Shiraishi, A ^c   Konaka, A ^d   Yamada, T ^d   Nigi, H ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

^d NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL PROLIFERATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; MONKEY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 0032972646     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1999.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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