High prevalence of IgE antibodies among blood donors in Sweden and Norway

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1312-1315

  Johansson, S G O ^a,b   Nopp, A ^a   Florvaag, E ^c   Lundahl, J ^a,b   Soderstrom T ^b   Guttormsen, A B ^c   Hervig, T ^c   Lundberg, M ^d   Oman H ^d   Van Hage, M ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d MIAB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergens; Allergy; ImmunoCAP; Immunoglobulin E; Immunoglobulin E antibody

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; PENICILLOIC ACID;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CLADOSPORIUM; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SWEDEN;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; SWEDEN;

EID: 24744455023     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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