Of rats and men (and women)

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Pacheco, Karin A ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; EDITORIAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RATS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 33745462912     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2604005     Document Type: Editorial

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