Intra- and interlaboratory variability of allergen-specific IgE levels in atopic dogs in three different laboratories using the Fc-ε receptor testing

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 133, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 183-189

  Thom, Nina ^a   Favrot, Claude ^b   Failing, Klaus ^a   Mueller, Ralf S ^c   Neiger, Reto ^a   Linek, Monika ^d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Anicura Tierärztliche Spezialisten Hamburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Canine; Laboratory variance

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; FC EPSILON RECEPTOR TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; RELIABILITY; VARIANCE;

ALLERGENS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FUNGI; GERMANY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LABORATORIES; MITES; PLANTS; POACEAE; RECEPTORS, IGE; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; POACEAE; URTICA;

EID: 72449128520     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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