Evaluation of Felis domesticus allergen I as a possible autoallergen in cats with eosinophilic granuloma complex

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 338-341

  Wisselink, Marinus A ^a   van Ree, Ronald ^a   Willemse, Ton ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; FELIS DOMESTICUS ALLERGEN I; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CAT DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; EPIDERMIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0036521402     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2002.63.338     Document Type: Article

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