Relationship between allergic status and specificity of IgG antibody to inhaled allergens: The grass pollen model

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 832-839

  Michils, A ^a   Vervier, I ^a   Choufani, G ^a   Gossart, B ^b   Duchateau, J ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epitope specificity; Grass pollen allergy; IgG antibody; IgG subclass

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033043494     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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