Assessment of allergenicity to Mallotus phillipensis pollen in atopic patients in India: A new allergen

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 198-207

  Rawat, A ^a   Singh, A ^a   Roy, I ^b   Kumar, L ^c   Gaur, S N ^d   Ravindran, P ^e   Bhatnagar, A K ^f   Singh, A B ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (India)

^c Post Grad Inst Med Educ/Res C

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^e Cosmo Hospital ^*  (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Allergenicity; Atopic patients; Cross reactivity; Immunoblot; Mallotus phillipensis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; POLLEN EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUPHORBIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDIA; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLOTUS PHILIPPINENSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRICK TEST; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PUTRANJIVA ROXBURGHII; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY;

ALLERGENS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COHORT STUDIES; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MALLOTUS PLANT; POLLEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 6344289488     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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