Do hypoallergenic cats and dogs exist?

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 74-76

  Butt, Ahmed ^a   Rashid, Daanish ^a   Lockey, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CAN F 1 ALLERGEN; CAN F 2 ALLERGEN; CAN F 3 ALLERGEN; CAN F 4 ALLERGEN; CAN F 5 ALLERGEN; FEL D 1 ALLERGEN; FEL D 2 ALLERGEN; FEL D 3 ALLERGEN; FEL D 4 ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ANIMAL WELLBEING; BIOINFORMATICS; BREEDING; CAT; CROSS REACTION; DANDER; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EXPOSURE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HYPOALLERGENIC PET; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 84856426795     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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