Effects of summer mailing on in vivo and in vitro relative potencies of standardized timothy grass extract

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-151

  Moore, Meredith ^a   Tucker, Mark ^b   Grier, Tom ^c   Quinn, James ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Greer Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; PHLEUM PRATENSE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ID REACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POSTAL MAIL; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN TEST; STANDARD; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 76549260985     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2009.11.037     Document Type: Article

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