Component-resolved diagnosis with recombinant allergens in patients with cherry allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 167-173

  Ballmer Weber, Barbara K ^a   Scheurer, Stephan ^b   Fritsche, Philipp ^a   Enrique, Ernesto ^c   Cistero Bahima, Anna ^c   Haase, Tanja ^b   Wüthrich, Brunello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cherry; Cross reactivity; DBPCFC; Diagnosis; Food allergy; Recombinant allergens; Skin prick testing

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT CHERRY ALLERGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CHERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREDICTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0036968995     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.125601     Document Type: Article

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