In vitro determination of allergen-specific serum IgE. Comparative analysis of three methods [1]

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-415

  Libeer, Jean Claude ^a   Van Hoeyveld, Erna ^b   Kochuyt, Anne Marie ^b   Weykamp, Cas ^c   Bossuyt, Xavier ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Queen Beatrix Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergen specific IgE; Method comparison

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALLPYRAL; BEE VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX;

BIRCH; CAT; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOG; GRASS; HONEYBEE; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN TEST;

ALLERGENS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BEE VENOMS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947575957     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.074     Document Type: Letter

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