Clinico-immunochemical studies on airborne Areca catechu L. pollen, a probable risk factor in emergency asthma hospitalization from Eastern India

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-314

  Chakraborty, Pampa ^a   Mandal, Jyotshna ^b   Sarkar, Eva ^a   Chowdhury, Indrani ^c   Gupta Bhattacharya, Swati ^b  

^a Sree Chaitanya College   (India)

^b BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Allergy and Asthma Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen; Areca catechu pollen; Asthma hospitalization; Pollen fruit cross reaction

Indexed keywords

ARECA CATECHU NUT EXTRACT; ARECA CATECHU POLLEN EXTRACT; ARECA CATECHU PROTEIN EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ALLERGEN; PLANT ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EMERGENCY CARE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; MALE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ASTHMA; BLOOD; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ARECA; ASTHMA; CELL FRACTIONATION; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62349094576     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000205576     Document Type: Article

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