Standardization of an ash (Fraxinus excelsior) pollen allergen extract

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-18

  Hrabina, Maud ^a   Purohit, Ashok ^b   Oster, Jean Philippe ^c   Papanikolaou, Ioanna ^c   Jain, Karine ^a   Pascal, Poncet ^d   Sicard, Hubert ^a   Gouyon, Brigitte ^a   Moingeon, Philippe ^a   Pauli, Gabrielle ^b   André, Claude ^a  

^a Stallergenes SA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^c Service de Neurologie   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Allergens; Ash pollen; Fraxinus excelsior; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DILUTION; EXTRACTION; FRAXINUS; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; CALIBRATION; FRAXINUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33845925271     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095994     Document Type: Article

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