Laboratory-based allergy diagnosis: Should we go with the flow?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 975-977

  Crockard, A D ^a   Ennis, M ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BASOTEST; CD11 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD63 ANTIGEN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; HISTIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 3; LEUKOTRIENE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PADGEM PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASSAY; BASOPHIL; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN REGULATION; EDITORIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD ALLERGY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEASUREMENT; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN TEST;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0034832419     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01150.x     Document Type: Editorial

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