Recombinant marker allergens in diagnosis of patients with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis to tree and grass pollens

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-39

  Canis, Martin ^a   Gröger, Moritz ^a   Becker, Sven ^a   Klemens, Christine ^a   Kramer, Matthias F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PLANT EXTRACT; PROFILIN; RECOMBINANT MARKER ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALDER; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HAY FEVER; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RYE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; TREE POLLEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; POACEAE; POLLEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHINITIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 79551507256     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2011.25.3551     Document Type: Article

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