Placental transfer of allergen-specific IgG but not IgE from a specific immunotherapy-treated mother

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Flicker, Sabine ^a   Marth, Katharina ^a   Kofler, Heinz ^b   Valenta, Rudolf ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Hall in Tirol   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUTARD; ALUTARD SQ; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIRCH; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LETTER; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 71149100473     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.09.024     Document Type: Letter

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