Skin prick test extracts for dog allergy diagnosis show considerable variations regarding the content of major and minor dog allergens

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 258-263

  Curin, Mirela ^a,b   Reininger, Renate ^a   Swoboda, Ines ^b   Focke, Margit ^b   Valenta, Rudolf ^b   Spitzauer, Susanne ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dog allergens; Dog allergy diagnosis; Skin prick test extracts

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALLERGEN; CAN F 1 ALLERGEN; CAN F 2 ALLERGEN; CAN F 3 ALLERGEN; CARRIER PROTEIN; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LIPOCALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SKIN TEST;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; SERUM ALBUMIN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 77956860265     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321113     Document Type: Article

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