Latex specific IgE: Performance characteristics of the IMMULITE 2000 3gAllergy assay compared with skin testing

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-202

  Biagini, Raymond E ^a   MacKenzie, Barbara A ^a   Sammons, Deborah L ^a   Smith, Jerome P ^a   Krieg, Edward F ^a   Robertson, Shirley A ^a   Hamilton, Robert G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33747722736     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60013-0     Document Type: Article

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