Identification of allergens in the venom of the common striped scorpion

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 493-498

  More, Daniel ^a,c   Nugent, Jeffrey ^a   Hagan, Larry ^a   Demain, Jeffrey ^b   Schwertner, Harvey ^a   Whisman, Bonnie ^a   Freeman, Theodore ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Allerg Asthma Immunol Ctr of AK   (United States)

^c Luke AFB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALLERGEN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ESTERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; SCORPION VENOM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SCORPION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 8644223283     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61418-4     Document Type: Article

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