Detection of an allergen in dog dander that cross-reacts with the major cat allergen, Fel d 1

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-124

  Reininger, R ^a   Varga, E M ^b   Zach, M ^b   Balic, N ^a   Lindemeier, A D ^a   Swoboda, I ^a   Gronlund H ^c   Van Hage, M ^c   Rumpold, H ^a   Valenta, R ^a   Spitzauer, S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cat allergy; Cross reactivity; Dog allergy; Fel d 1; Major cat allergen; Recombinant allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; DANDER; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SERUM;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS REACTIONS; DOGS; DUST; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33845726992     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02611.x     Document Type: Article

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