RAST-specific IgE in Nigerian asthmatic patients.
This first study of the pattern of allergen-specific IgE in Nigerian asthmatic patients in Zaria shows a significant percentage with specific IgE to Dermatophagoides pteronnyssinus, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass). Total serum IgE varied in both urban and rural asthmatics with a pattern of low and high levels in all groups.
D000328:Adult; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000032:analysis; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D009549:Nigeria; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test
D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D007073:Immunoglobulin E