A molecular diagnostic algorithm to guide pollen immunotherapy in southern europe: Towards component-resolved management of allergic diseases

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-172

  Douladiris, Nikolaos ^a   Savvatianos, Savvas ^a   Roumpedaki, Irene ^a   Skevaki, Chrysanthi ^a   Mitsias, Dimitrios ^a   Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allergen specific immunotherapy; Molecular diagnosis; Panallergens; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ALLERGEN; CROSS REACTIVE CARBOHYDRATE DETERMINANT; GRASS POLLEN EXTRACT; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROFILIN; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; POACEAE; POLLEN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TREE; WEED; ALGORITHM; CYNODON DACTYLON; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; PARIETARIA; PATIENT CARE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; EUROPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 84884818009     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353113     Document Type: Article

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