Allergy to periwinkle pollen (Catharanthus roseus G. Don.)

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-43

  Ghosh, Debajyoti ^a   Roy, Indrani ^b   Chanda, Sunirmal ^c   Gupta Bhattacharya, Swati ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (India)

^c Natural Resources Data Management System India   (India)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen; Allergen characterization; Catharanthus roseus; Pollen; Respiratory allergy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GARDENING; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDIA; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; VINCA;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

EID: 34447120208     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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