Antigenic analysis of patients with asthma contracting by exposure to different species of pet hamsters

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1285-1293

  Izawa, Jun ^a   Niitsuma, Tomoyuki ^a   Morita, Sonoko ^a   Nukaga, Masae ^a   Odawara, Masato ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHODOPUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ASTHMA; CRICETINAE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHODOPUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80655148879     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: 13477935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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