Critique on the quantitative nature of IgE antibody measurements

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 973-975

  Merkel, Patricia A ^a   O'Sullivan, Michael D ^b   Ridge, Cynthia ^a   Knight, Vijaya ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PARAPROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; EGG ALLERGY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MILK; MILK ALLERGY; PEANUT ALLERGY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOY ALLERGY; WHEAT ALLERGY; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY;

FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

EID: 84946494536     PISSN: 22132198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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