Artemisia and Ambrosia hypersensitivity: Co-sensitization or co-recognition?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 658-665

  Asero, R ^a,c   Wopfner, N ^b   Gruber, P ^b   Gadermaier, G ^b   Ferreira, F ^b  

^a CLINICA SAN CARLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c Ospedale 21   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Immunotherapy; Mugwort; Ragweed; Recombinant allergens; Weed pollen allergy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOWERING; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAGWEED; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; AMBROSIA; ARTEMISIA; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33646245924     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02477.x     Document Type: Article

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