Immunogenetic characteristics of immunoglobulin E in allergic disease

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 566-578

  Davies, J M ^a   O'Hehir, R E ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEAVY CHAIN GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

EID: 40949098183     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.02941.x     Document Type: Review

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