The relevance of basophil allergen sensitivity testing to distinguish between severe and mild peanut-allergic children

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 310-317

  Homšak, Matjaž ^a   Šilar, Mira ^b   Berce, Vojko ^a   Tomazin, Maja ^a   Skerbinjek Kavalar, Maja ^a   Čelesnik, Nina ^b   Košnik, Mitja ^b   Korošec, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Basophil sensitivity; Peanut sensitization in children; Recombinant peanut allergens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886742928     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355199     Document Type: Article

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