Hypersensitivity to black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) pollen: "Allergy mirages"

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 586-592

  Compés, Esther ^a   Hernández, Elena ^a   Quirce, Santiago ^a,c   Palomares, Oscar ^b   Rodríguez, Rosalía ^b   Cuesta, Javier ^a   Sastre, Joaquín ^a   Villalba, Mayte ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Fundación Jimenei Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLCALCIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROFILIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT CHE A 2 ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT CHE A 3 ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT OLE E 9 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY MIRAGE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BLACK LOCUST; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CUPRESSUS; DEVICE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOOSEFOOT; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LOLIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OLIVE TREE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RHINOMETRY; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; TREE;

EID: 33645958917     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63554-5     Document Type: Article

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