Hev b 7 is a Hevea brasiliensis protein associated with latex allergy in children with spina bifida

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 621-627

  Wagner, Birgit ^a   Scheiner, Otto ^a   Breiteneder, Heimo ^a   Buck, Dietke ^a   Hafner, Christine ^a   Sowka, Slawomir ^b   Niggemann, Bodo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Hey b 7; Immunoblots; Latex allergy; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; PROTEIN HEV B1; PROTEIN HEV B3; PROTEIN HEV B7; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN HEV B7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROVOCATION; SPINA BIFIDA;

EID: 0034779083     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.118289     Document Type: Article

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