Fungal allergies: A yet unsolved problem

Chemical Immunology and Allergy

Volumn 91, Issue , 2006, Pages 121-133

  Crameri, Reto ^a   Weichel, Michael ^a   Flückiger, Sabine ^a   Glaser, Andreas G ^a   Rhyner, Claudio ^a  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MYCOTOXIN;

AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA; AMBIENT AIR; ASPERGILLUS; ATOPY; CANDIDA; CLADOSPORIUM; CROSS REACTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS ALLERGY; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOULD; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHIZOPUS; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 30744448173     PISSN: 16602242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000090276     Document Type: Review

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