Sensitization to Lolium multiflorum grass pollen in pollinosis patients: Evaluation of allergenic fractions recognized by specific IgE antibodies

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-130

  Sopelete, Mônica C ^a   Moreira, Priscila F S ^a   Silva, Deise A O ^a   Cunha Jr , Jair P ^b   Vieira, Francisco A M ^c   Sung, Sung Sang J ^d   Taketomi, Ernesto A ^a,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis; Grass pollen allergy; Immunoglobulin E; Lolium multiflorum; Lolium perenne

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT EXTRACT; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SENSITIZATION; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LOLIUM; MALE; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33646591834     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092531     Document Type: Article

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