Immunochromatographic assay for measurement of total IgE in tears, nasal mucus, and saliva of patients with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1153-1160

  Mimura, Tatsuya ^a,b,c   Usui, Tomohiko ^c   Mori, Mikiro ^a,b   Aixinjueluo, Wei ^c   Funatsu, Hideharu ^d   Noma, Hidetaka ^d   Amano, Shiro ^c  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Women s Medical University   (Japan)

Author keywords

allergic rhinoconjunctivitis; immunochromatography; nasal mucus; saliva; tear; total IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LACRIMAL FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCUS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SALIVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649267842     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.527025     Document Type: Article

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