Basophil activation tests: Time for a reconsideration

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1325-1335

  Uyttebroek, Astrid P ^a   Sabato, Vito ^a   Faber, Margaretha A ^a   Cop, Nathalie ^a   Bridts, Chris H ^a   Lapeere, Hilde ^b   De Clerck, Luc S ^a   Ebo, Didier G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

allergy; basophil activation test; CD63; diagnosis; drug hypersensitivity; flow cytometry; food allergy; hymenoptera venom

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLERGEN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM BESILATE; BEE VENOM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CANNABIS; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; HYMENOPTERA VENOM; ILLICIT DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PYRAZOLONE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROCURONIUM; WASP VENOM;

ALLERGY; BASOPHIL; BASOPHIL ACTIVATION TEST; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVIEW; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION TEST; HYPERSENSITIVITY;

BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION TEST; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 84907263882     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: 17448409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/1744666X.2014.959498     Document Type: Review

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