Biology of weed pollen allergens

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 391-400

  Gadermaier, Gabriele ^a   Dedic, Azra ^a   Obermeyer, Gerhard ^a   Frank, Susanne ^a   Himly, Martin ^a   Ferreira, Fatima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; DEFENSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROFILIN; RAGWEED ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; AMARANTHACEAE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ASTERACEAE; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EUPHORBIA; GOOSEFOOT; HUMAN; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT TAXONOMY; PLANTAGO; POLLEN ALLERGY; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAGWEED POLLEN; REVIEW; SALSOLA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNFLOWER; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; URTICACEAE; WEED;

EID: 4544317000     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-004-0090-5     Document Type: Review

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