Subtropical grass pollen allergens are important for allergic respiratory diseases in subtropical regions

Clinical and Translational Allergy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Davies, Janet Mary ^a   Li, Hongzhuo ^a   Green, Melissa ^a,b   Towers, Michelle ^a,b   Upham, John Warrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Bahia grass pollen; Bermuda grass pollen; Grass pollen; IgE; Ryegrass pollen

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BERMUDA GRASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYNODON; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SORGHUM; SORGHUM HALEPENSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPICS;

EID: 84978023105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-7022-2-4     Document Type: Article

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