Basophil-activation tests in Hymenoptera allergy

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 346-349

  Dubois, Anthony E J ^a   Van Der Heide, Sicco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basophil histamine release test; Basophil activation test; Cellular antigen stimulation test; Hymenoptera; Insect venom allergy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CD63 ANTIGEN; HYMENOPTERA VENOM;

ALLERGY TEST; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BASOPHIL ACTIVATION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT STING; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REVIEW; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; BASOPHILS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PYROPHOSPHATASES; RECEPTORS, IGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447335831     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3282638848     Document Type: Review

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