The Helix aspersa (brown garden snail) allergen repertoire

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-15

  Martins, Luís Miguel Lourenço ^a,b   Peltre, Gabriel ^d   Da Costa Faro, Carlos José Fialho ^c   Vieira Pires, Euclides Manuel ^c   Da Cruz Inácio, Filipe Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO BERNARDO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Allergens; Cross reactivity; Helix aspersa; Mites; Otala lactea; Snails; Theba pisana

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHICKEN; COW; CROSS REACTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HELIX ASPERSA; HORSE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SNAIL; SWINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HELIX (SNAILS); HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 13244263033     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082579     Document Type: Article

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