In vivo and in vitro sensitization to domestic mites in German urban and rural allergic patients

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-181

  Müsken, Horst ^a   Fernández Caldas, Enrique ^a   Marañón, Francisco ^a   Franz, Jörg Thomas ^a   Masuch, Georg ^a   Bergmann, Karl Christian ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Blomia; Dermatophagoides; Euroglyphus; Germany; Rhinitis; Storage mites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; RHINITIS; RURAL AREA; SENSITIZATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEST; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; RHINITIS; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TESTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1842855804     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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