Indoor mite allergen levels, specific IgE prevalence and IgE cross-inhibition pattern among asthmatic children in Haikou, Southern China

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3059-3063

  Zheng Dr , Yi wu ^a   Chen, Shi ^b   Lai, Xu xin ^a   Gjesing, Birgitte ^a   Zhong, Nan shan ^c   Spangfort, Michael D ^a  

^a ALK A/S   (China)

^b Asthmatic Children's Immunotherapy Center of People's Hospital of Hainan Province   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allergens; Cross inhibition; Mites; Specific ige

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ACARUS SIRO; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CHILD; CROSS ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LEPIDOGLYPHUS DESTRUCTOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIA;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS REACTIONS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DUST; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MITES;

EID: 84866095307     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.17.017     Document Type: Article

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