Autoantibodies to the high-affinity IgE receptor in children with chronic urticaria

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 341-344

  Du Toit, George ^a,b   Prescott, Ruth ^a   Lawrence, Patricia ^a   Johar, Asmah ^c   Brown, Geraldine ^a   Weinberg, Eugene G ^a   Motala, Cassim ^a   Potter, Paul C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^d Allergy Diagnostic and Clinical Research Unit (ADCRU)   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BASOPHIL; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PATHOGENESIS; PEANUT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; SOYBEAN;

EID: 33244481328     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61245-8     Document Type: Article

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