Determinants of Experimental Allergic Responses: Interactions Between Allergen Dose, Sex and Age

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 554-567

  Hansen, J S ^a   Alberg, T ^a   Rasmussen, H ^a   Lovik, M ^a,b   Nygaard, U C ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; OVALBUMIN;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955378976     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02529.x     Document Type: Article

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