Measurement of IgE antibodies against purified grass pollen allergens (Lol p 1, 2, 3 and 5) during immunotherapy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-74

  Van Ree, R ^a,h   Van Leeuwen, W A ^a   Dieges, P H ^b   Gerth Van Wijk, R ^b   De Jong, N ^b   Brewczyski, P Z ^c   Kroon, A M ^d   Schilte, P P M ^e   Tan, K Y ^f   Simon Licht, I F ^f   Roberts, A M ^g   Stapel, S O ^a   Aalberse, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^d HAL Allergen Laboratories   (Netherlands)

^e Alkmaar and Dutch Network for Cardiovascular Research   (Netherlands)

^f Department of Surgery   (Netherlands)

^g QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grass pollen; IgE induction; Immunotherapy; Major allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PURETHAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST;

ALLERGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LOLIUM; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 8044234361     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb00674.x     Document Type: Article

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