Identification of cross-reactive and genuine Parietaria judaica pollen allergens

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 974-979

  Stumvoll, Sabine ^a   Westritschnig, Kerstin ^a   Lidholm, Jonas ^b   Spitzauer, Susanne ^a   Colombo, Paolo ^c   Duro, Giovanni ^c   Kraft, Dietrich ^a   Geraci, Domenico ^c   Valenta, Rudolf ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Diagnosis; Parietaria; Recombinant allergens; rPar j 2

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROFILIN; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PARIETARIA JUDAICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED; SENSITIZATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WEED;

EID: 0038743098     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.1376     Document Type: Article

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