The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 97, Issue 1 , Pages 65-73 , January 1996

Food allergy to honey: Pollen or bee products? Characterization of allergenic proteins in honey by means of immunoblotting

Received 9 June 1994 ,Revised 20 March 1995 ,Accepted 24 March 1995.

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☆ From the aInstitute of General and Experimental Pathology, AKH, University of Vienna, Austria; the bInstitute of Bee Research, Bad Vöslau, Austria; and the cAllergy Clinic Reumannplatz, Vienna, Austria.

☆☆ Supported by grant SO 6704-MED and 6707-MED from the “Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung,” Austria.

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