Basophil histamine release tests in the diagnosis of allergy and asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 345-350

  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

CD63 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; HISTAMINE; LEUKOTRIENE; TRYPTASE;

ALLERGY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ASTHMA; BASOPHIL; CELL ACTIVATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME RELEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ASTHMA; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION TEST; BASOPHILS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0035725267     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01043.x     Document Type: Editorial

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