Birch pollen-related food allergy: Clinical aspects and the role of allergen-specific IgE and IgG4 antibodies

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 616-622.e1

  Geroldinger Simic, Marija ^a   Zelniker, Thomas ^a   Aberer, Werner ^b   Ebner, Christof ^c   Egger, Cornelia ^d   Greiderer, Antonia ^d   Prem, Nicole ^b   Lidholm, Jonas ^e   Ballmer Weber, Barbara K ^f   Vieths, Stefan ^g   Bohle, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Allergy Clinic Reumannplatz   (Austria)

^d Universitatsklinik fuer Dermatologie und Venerologie Innsbruck   (Austria)

^e Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bet v 1; Birch pollen allergy; blocking antibodies; food allergy; IgE; oral allergy syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PROFILIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPLE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIRCH; BIRCH POLLEN ALLERGY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 79952283941     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.10.027     Document Type: Article

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