Shellfish and house dust mite allergies: Is the link tropomyosin?

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 101-106

  Wong, Lydia ^a   Huang, Chiung Hui ^b   Lee, Bee Wah ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; House dust mite; Shellfish allergy; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TROPOMYOSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASIA; CROSS REACTION; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHELLFISH ALLERGY;

EID: 84959267178     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2016.8.2.101     Document Type: Review

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