Seasonal rise in interleukin-4 during pollen season is related to seasonal rise in specific IgE for pollens but not for mites

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-247

  Ohashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Nakai, Yoshiaki ^a   Tanaka, Ayaki ^a   Kakinoki, Yasushi ^a   Ohno, Yoshiharu ^a   Sakamoto, Hirokazu ^a   Kato, Akifumi ^a   Masamoto, Tateo ^a   Washio, Yushi ^a   Yamada, Koji ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 4; Japanese cedar pollen; Perennial allergic rhinitis; Seasonal allergic rhinitis; Specific IgE synthesis

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; POLLEN; RHINITIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEASONS;

EID: 15144358597     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489850154973     Document Type: Article

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