Relationship between airborne cry j 1 and the onset time of the symptoms of Japanese cedar pollinosis patients

Allergology International

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-283

  Takahashi, Yuichi ^a,c   Aoyama, Masaaki ^a   Yoshitake, Masanori ^a   Abe, Etsuko ^a   Ohta, Nobuo ^a   Sakaguchi, Masahiro ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cry j 1; Electron spin resonance (ESR) radical immunoassay; Japanese cedar (JC) pollinosis; Pollen information; Symptom score

Indexed keywords

CRY J 1 ANTIGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOM; TIME;

EID: 34548816979     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.O-06-472     Document Type: Article

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