Influence of the diluent on the effect of highly diluted histamine on basophil activation

Homeopathy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-18

  Lorenz, I ^a,b   Schneider, E M ^b   Stolz, P ^a   Brack, A ^a   Strube, J ^a  

^a Forschungsinstitut KWALIS gGmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti IgE; Basophil activation; Diluent, ultra high dilution effects; Highly diluted histamine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CD123 ANTIGEN; CD63 ANTIGEN; FC RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 3 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL ACTIVATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DILUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIGENS, CD; BASOPHILS; ETHANOL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-3 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-3; SOLVENTS;

EID: 12244279011     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/homp.2002.0082     Document Type: Article

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