Allergenicity of Ascaris lumbricoides tropomyosin and IgE sensitization among asthmatic patients in a tropical environment

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-206

  Acevedo, N ^a,b   Erler, A ^c   Briza, P ^c   Puccio, F ^d   Ferreira, F ^c   Caraballo, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^b Foundation for the Development of Medical and Biological Sciences   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Allergenicity; Asc l 3; Ascaris lumbricoides; Asthma; IgE; Mite allergy; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TROPOMYOSIN;

ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASTHMA; BASOPHIL; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; TROPICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASTHMA; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN TESTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPOMYOSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956864615     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321106     Document Type: Article

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