Clinical laboratories worldwide need to report IgE antibody results on clinical specimens as analytical results and not use differential positive thresholds

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 811-812

  Hamilton, Robert G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSITIZATION; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; POLLEN; PROCEDURES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

ALLERGENS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 84941186092     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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