Characterization of allergens in four South American snake species

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-310

  Madero, Mauro F ^a   Gámez, Cristina ^b,c   Madero, Mauro A ^d   Fernández Nieto, Mar ^a,c   Sastre, Joaquín ^a,c   Del Pozo, Victoria ^b,c  

^a Fundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Metalloproteinase; Phospholipase; Venom

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; TRYPSIN; VIPER VENOM;

ADULT; ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BOTHROPS ASPER; BOTHROPS ATROX; BOTHROPS XANTHOGRAMA; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LACHESIS MUTA; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NASAL PRURITUS; OCULAR PRURITUS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RHINITIS; RHINORRHEA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE; SNAKE VENOM ALLERGY; SNAKEBITE; SNEEZING; SOUTH AMERICA; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CROSS REACTIONS; DYSPNEA; GROUP II PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN BINDING; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES; URTICARIA;

EID: 66149102037     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000222684     Document Type: Article

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