Hypersensitivity to airborne spitting cobra snake venom

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 600-603

  Prescott, Ruth A ^a,c   Potter, Paul C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BINDING PROTEIN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; SALBUTAMOL; SNAKE VENOM;

ADULT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; SNAKE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHEEZING;

EID: 19044372936     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61140-4     Document Type: Article

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