Allergenic composition of the mite Suidasia medanensis and cross-reactivity with Blomia tropicalis

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-47

  Puerta, Leonardo ^a   Lagares, A ^a   Mercado, D ^a   Fernandez Caldas E ^b   Caraballo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^b SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blomia tropicalis; Cross reactivity; Dermatophagoides farinae; Mite allergens; Suidasia medanensis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIZATION; SUIDASIA MEDANENSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST;

EID: 12444292118     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2004.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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