IgE responses to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus native major allergens Der p 1 and Der p 2 during long-term specific immunotherapy

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1115-1119

  Mastrandrea, F ^a,d   Serio, G ^b   Minardi, A ^a   Coradduzza, G ^a   Rossi, N ^a   Scarcia, G ^a   Maietta, G ^c   Iacobelli, A ^b   Lamanna, C ^b   Tursi, A ^b  

^a Allerg/Clinical Immunology Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c Pignatelli Institute   (Italy)

^d Allerg and Clin Immunol Oper U   (Italy)

Author keywords

Der p 1; Der p 2; House dust mite; IgE to carbohydrate epitopes; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9844241585     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1997.tb00185.x     Document Type: Article

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