IgE, IgG1, and IgG4 antibody responses to Blomia tropicalis in atopic patients

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 401-406

  Pereira, E A L ^a   Silva, D A O ^a   Cunha Jr , J P ^b   Almeida, K C ^a   Alves, R ^a   Sung, S J ^c   Taketomi, E A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Blomia tropicalis; Immunoglobulin E; Immunoglobulin G1; Immunoglobulin G4

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIZATION; TROPICAL DISEASE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MITES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 14344259699     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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