Reproducibility of a commercial in vitro allergen-specific assay for immunoglobulin E in dogs

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 81-85

  Patterson, A P ^a   Schaeffer, D J ^a   Campbell, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASE; STUDENT T TEST; WEED;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI; POACEAE;

EID: 22944486723     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.3.81     Document Type: Article

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