Ragweed skin test responsiveness correlates with specific immunoglobulin E levels

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-107

  Stokes, Jeffrey ^a   Kessler, Richard ^b   Philip, George ^c   Casale, Thomas B ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY TEST; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DERMIS; DILUTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHEMA; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INJECTION; MEASUREMENT; PRICK TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RAGWEED; SKIN TEST; STANDARD; TITRIMETRY; URTICARIA;

ADULT; AMBROSIA; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 20044368832     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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