Allergy Testing in the Laboratory

Allergy and Allergic Diseases, Second Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1346-1367

  Stapel, Steven O ^a   Kleine Tebbe, Jörg ^b  

^a Sanquin Diagnostiek   (Netherlands)

^b Allergy and Asthma Center Westend   (Germany)

Author keywords

"Classic RAST" and related tests; Basophil stimulation tests for allergy diagnosis; Heterogeneity of basophil responses due to complex basic variables; IgG in type III allergy; IgG testing; In vitro IgE testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887047897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444300918.ch65     Document Type: Chapter

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