Allergens in Japanese patients with allergic conjunctivitis in autumn

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 995-999

  Mimura, T ^a,b,d   Yamagami, S ^a   Amano, S ^a   Funatsu, H ^c   Arimoto, A ^a,b   Usui, T ^a   Ono, K ^a   Araie, M ^a   Okamoto, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Okamoto Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis; CAP RAST; House dust; Specific IgE; System; Total IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALTERNARIA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GRASS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHARD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 30944445608     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701701     Document Type: Article

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