Conditional autoantibodies in urticaria patients: A unifying hypothesis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 150-152

  Stadler, Beda M ^a   Pachlopnik, Jana ^a   Vogel, Monique ^a   Horn, Michael ^a   Miescher, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergy; High affinity IgE receptor (FceRI); Histamine release; IgE; Phage display; Recombinant antibodies

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR;

HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW; URTICARIA;

AUTOANTIBODIES; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RECEPTORS, IGE; URTICARIA;

EID: 0035513746     PISSN: 10870024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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