Tolerant beekeepers display venom-specific functional IgG4 antibodies in the absence of specific IgE

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1419-1421

  Varga, Eva Maria ^a   Kausar, Fahima ^b   Aberer, Werner ^a   Zach, Maximilian ^a   Eber, Ernst ^a   Durham, Stephen R ^b   Shamji, Mohamed H ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BEE VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHYCOERYTHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; APICULTURE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BEE STING; BEEKEEPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LETTER; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERUM;

EID: 84876927574     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.08.037     Document Type: Article

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