Serological and skin-test diagnosis of birch pollen allergy with recombinant Bet v I, the major birch pollen allergen

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-60

  Menz, G ^a   Dolecek, C ^b   Schonheit Kenn U ^a   Ferreira, F ^c   Moser, M ^d   Schneider, T ^d   Suter, M ^e   Boltz Nitulescu, G ^b   Ebner, C ^b   Kraft, D ^b   Valenta, R ^b  

^a Hochgebirgsklinik Davos Wolfgang   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d Swiss Institute of Asthma Research   (Switzerland)

^e Institute of Virology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

In vitro; In vivo diagnosis of birch pollen allergy; Intradermal testing; Recombinant birch pollen allergen Bet v I; Skin prick testing

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SKIN TESTS; TREES;

EID: 9044222114     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00056.x     Document Type: Article

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