Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of bird-specific IgG antibodies

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-178

  Lopata, Andreas L ^a   Schinkel, Magda ^a   Potter, Paul C ^a   Jeebhay, Mohamed F ^b   Hashemi, Carolin ^c   Johansson, S G O ^c   Van Hage Hamsten, Marianne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic alveolitis; Allergy; Bird antigens; Bird fancier's lung; Budgerigar antigens; Diagnosis; IgG antibodies; ImmunoCAP; Pigeon antigens

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEL BLOT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PIGEON; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; TECHNIQUE;

ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS; BIRD FANCIER'S LUNG; BIRDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION ASSAY; SOUTH AFRICA; SWEDEN; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

EID: 2642555290     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078651     Document Type: Article

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