Higher immunoglobulin E antibody levels to recombinant Fel d 1 in cat-allergic children with asthma compared with rhinoconjunctivitis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1275-1281

  Gronlund H ^a   Adedoyin J ^a   Reininger, R ^b   Varga, E M ^c   Zach, M ^c   Fredriksson, M ^d   Kronqvist, M ^a   Szepfalusi, Z ^b   Spitzauer, S ^b   Gronneberg R ^d   Valenta, R ^b   Hedlin, G ^d   Van Hage, M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cat; Children; IgE; rFel d 1

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PROTEIN FEL D 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47649108971     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03003.x     Document Type: Article

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