Allergy to prairie dog lipocalins

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-98

  De Olano, David González ^a   Bartolomé, Borja ^b   Ortega, Bárbara Cases ^c   Pérez Gordo, Marina ^c   Vivanco, Fernando ^c,d   Vargas, Carlos Pastor ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

^b Research and Development Department   (Spain)

^c Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LIPOCALIN;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PRAIRIE DOG; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 76749096712     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2009.11.018     Document Type: Letter

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