Comparison of basophil activation tests using CD63 or CD203c expression in patients with insect venom allergy

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1084-1085

  Eberlein Konig B ^a,b,c   Varga, R ^a,b   Mempel, M ^a   Darsow, U ^a   Behrendt, H ^b   Ring, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Basophil activation test; Basophils; CD203c; CD63; Flow cytometry; Insect venom allergy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BEE VENOM; CD203C ANTIGEN; CD63 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INSECT VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASP VENOM;

ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BASOPHIL ACTIVATION TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INSECT VENOM ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, CD; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION TEST; BEE VENOMS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WASP VENOMS;

EID: 33746823274     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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