Stability of specific IgE antibodies to common food and inhalant allergens

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 1387-1389

  Rodríguez Capote, Karina ^a,b   Schnabl, Kareena L ^b   Maries, Oana R ^b   Janzen, Peggy ^a   Higgins, Trefor N ^a,b  

^a DynaLIFE Dx   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergen specific IgE antibodies; Allergy testing; sIgE; Specimen stability

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE; FOOD ALLERGEN; GRASS POLLEN EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; BIRCH; CAT; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DOG; FISH; FREEZING; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; INHALATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REFRIGERATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHRIMP; SOY FOOD; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; WHEAT; FOOD ALLERGY; IMMUNOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

EID: 84962498143     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2016.03.003     Document Type: Article

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