Allergy to mammalian proteins: At the borderline between foreign and self?

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 259-269

  Spitzauer, Susanne ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal allergy; Autoallergy; Cross reactivity; IgE; Recombinant allergens

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN;

ALLERGY; ATOPY; CAT; COW; DANDER; DOG; HORSE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SALIVA; SERUM; URINE;

EID: 0033406832     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024278     Document Type: Review

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