Allergy to human seminal fluid: Cross-reactivity with dog dander

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 233-239

  Basagaña, Maria ^a   Bartolomé, Borja ^b   Pastor, Carlos ^c   Torres, Ferran ^d,e   Alonso, Rosario ^a   Vivanco, Fernando ^f,g   Cisteró Bahíma, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^b R and D Department   (Spain)

^c SIC Ingenieros SLL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^f Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergen characterization; cross reactivity; dog epithelium allergy; human seminal plasma allergy; prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DANDER; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN SEMINAL PLASMA ALLERGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEMINAL PLASMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEMEN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 38349075767     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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