Evaluation of antigen specific IgE responses in Japanese asthmatics and non-asthmatics

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1071-1078

  Takahashi, Daisuke ^a   Hizawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Maeda, Yukiko ^a   Fukui, Yoshinobu ^a   Nishimura, Masaharu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigen specific IgE antibody; Atopy; Bronchial asthma; IgE responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; ASTHMA; CATS; DOGS; FELIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 8844235007     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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