Most of diaplacentally transferred allergen is retained in the placenta

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1130-1137

  Szepfalusi Z ^a   Loibichler, C ^a   Hanel Dekan S ^a   Dehlink, E ^a   Gerstmayr, M ^a   Pichler, J ^a   Eiwegger, T ^a   Horvat, R ^a   Urbanek, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergen transfer; Allergy; Antibodies; Human; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PLACENTA; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTOGLOBULINS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OVALBUMIN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 33748422791     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02559.x     Document Type: Article

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