The indoor air and asthma: The role of cat allergens

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-34

  Kelly, Libby A ^a   Erwin, Elizabeth A ^b   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; cats; Fel d 1; inhalant allergens; long term tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALLERGEN; GALACTOSYLGALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LIPOCALIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; AMBIENT AIR; CAT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ASTHMA; CATS; COCKROACHES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MITES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 83155173942     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32834db10d     Document Type: Review

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