Non-IgE,-IgG4 antibody to Japanese cedar pollen allergens: Comparison of its prevalence and titers between pollinosis patients and non-patients

Allergology International

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-166

  Miyazawa, Hiroshi ^a   Sakaguchi, Masahiro ^b   Yasueda, Hiroshi ^e   Saito, Saburo ^c   Tanaka, Kazuya ^f   Nagata, Kinya ^f   Inouye, Sakae ^d  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f BML   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgG4 antibody in non patients; Japanese cedar pollinosis; Non IgE; Reverse sandwich ELISA

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CRY J 1 ALLERGEN; CRY J 2 ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 17044416936     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.54.159     Document Type: Article

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