Date palm and sandstorm-borne allergens

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-426

  Kwaasi, A A A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ASTHMA; CROSS REACTION; CULTIVAR; DATE PALM; DISASTER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD INTAKE; HETEROZYGOSITY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SANDSTORM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS; ARECACEAE; ASTHMA; CROSS REACTIONS; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; POLLEN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WIND;

EID: 0037397926     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01635.x     Document Type: Review

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