Can HLA typing predict the outcome of grass pollen immunotherapy?

Experimental and Clinical Immunogenetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-23

  Fleva, Alexandra ^a,d   Daniilidis, M ^a   Sidiropoulos, J ^b   Adam, K ^b   Tourkantonis, A ^a   Daniilidis, J ^a   Hadzipetrou, L ^c  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Haplotypes; HLA; IgE; Immune response; MHC; Specific immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GRASS POLLEN; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-A2 ANTIGEN; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HLA-DR3 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; POACEAE; POLLEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035165374     PISSN: 02549670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049083     Document Type: Article

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