Pollen allergies in humans and their dogs, cats and horses: Differences and similarities

Clinical and Translational Allergy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jensen Jarolim, Erika ^a   Einhorn, Lukas ^a   Herrmann, Ina ^a   Thalhammer, Johann G ^a   Panakova, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergen immunotherapy; Allergy diagnosis; Canine atopic dermatitis (CAD); Cat; Dog; Equine; Feline; Horse; Human; Pollen allergy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CAT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETIC RISK; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROVOCATION TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIZATION; URTICARIA;

EID: 84978023100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13601-015-0059-6     Document Type: Review

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