Contribution of molecular diagnosis of allergy to the management of pediatric patients with allergy to pollen

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 439-445

  Casquete Roman E ^a   Rosado Gil, T ^b   Postigo, I ^c   Perez Vicente R ^a   Fernandez M ^a   Torres, H E ^a   Martinez Quesada J ^c,d  

^a Service of Clinical Analysis and Biochemistry   (Spain)

^b Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergens immunology; Cross reactions; Immunoglobulin E analysis; Immunologic tests methods; Recombinant proteins immunology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS REACTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATHOLOGY, MOLECULAR; PHLEUM; POLLEN; PROGNOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 74849099202     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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