Component-resolved diagnosis in food allergy, are micro-array assays helpful to the clinician?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1519-1520

  Eigenmann, P A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANTIBODY TITER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; EGG ALLERGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MILK ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 53749090493     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01805.x     Document Type: Editorial

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