Agreement between allergen-specific IgE assays and ensuing immunotherapy recommendations from four commercial laboratories in the USA

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Plant, Jon D ^a   Neradelik, Moni B ^b   Polissar, Nayak L ^b   Fadok, Valerie A ^c   Scott, Brian A ^d  

^a SkinVet Clinic   (United States)

^b Mountain Whisper Light Statistical Consulting   (United States)

^c North Houston Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

^d South Texas Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY; SEROLOGY; STANDARD;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LABORATORIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84892870690     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vde.12104     Document Type: Article

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