Rationale for a five-grass pollen vaccine

Clinical and Experimental Allergy Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-14

  Moingeon, P ^a   Peltre, G ^b   Bergmann, K C ^c  

^a Stallergenes SA   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grass pollen; Immunotherapy; Major allergens; Pollen season; Pooideae

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; GRASS POLLEN EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CROSS REACTION; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GRASS; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

EID: 41849105797     PISSN: 14729725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-9733.2008.00124.x     Document Type: Review

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