Elevated serum concentrations of β-tryptase, but not α-tryptase, in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). An investigation of anaphylactic mechanisms

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1696-1704

  Buckley, M G ^a   Variend, S ^b   Walls, A F ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Cot death; Immunoglobulin E; Mast cells; SIDS; Sudden infant death syndrome; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; CASEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRYPTASE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MALE; MAST CELL; MITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ANAPHYLAXIS; CELL DEGRANULATION; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MAST CELLS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0035724230     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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