Optimal skin prick wheal size for diagnosis of cat allergy

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 604-610

  Zarei, Maryam ^a   Remer, Candace F ^a   Kaplan, Michael S ^a   Staveren, Anne M ^a   Lin, Ching Kow E ^b   Razo, Elma ^b   Goldberg, Bruce ^a,b,c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; TRYPTASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NOSE MUCUS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOM; URTICARIA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CATS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 3242758344     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61425-1     Document Type: Article

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