Editorial: Basophil activation test is better but not good enough for the diagnosis of hymenoptera venom allergy: The problem of cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1290-1292

  Altmann, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCAN; HYMENOPTERA VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ARTHROPOD VENOM; CD63 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ALLERGY; BASOPHIL ACTIVATION TEST; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HONEYBEE; HYMENOPTERA VENOM ALLERGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; ANIMAL; BASOPHIL; BIOSYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; BASOPHILS; CARBOHYDRATES; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77955369339     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03569.x     Document Type: Editorial

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