Comparison of enzyme immunoassay-based assays for environmental Alternaria alternata

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 350-356

  Barnes, Charles ^a   Portnoy, Jay ^d   Sever, Michelle ^b   Samuel Jr , Arbes ^b   Vaughn, Ben ^c   Zeldin, Darryl C ^b  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c RHO INC   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALT A 1 ALLERGEN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FUNGUS SPORE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE;

EID: 33749187316     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60800-9     Document Type: Article

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