Specific IgE response to purified and recombinant allergens in latex allergy

Clinical and Molecular Allergy

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Kurup, Viswanath P ^a,b   Sussman, Gordon L ^c   Yeang, Hoong Y ^d   Elms, Nancy ^a   Breiteneder, Heimo ^e   Arif, Siti A M ^d   Kelly, Kevin J ^a   Bansal, Naveen K ^f   Fink, Jordan N ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX;

ALLERGY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; SPINA BIFIDA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 27344460407     PISSN: 14767961     EISSN: 14767961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7961-3-11     Document Type: Article

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