robinia jubata/hypersensitivity

Cova da Beira is an interior central region of Portugal, with a population of 93,000 inhabitants. The first pollen counts performed in Portugal revealed the highest values of the country in this area. The aim of this study was to assess the aeroallergens sensitization in an allergic population,

Adoptive transfer of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) was achieved in Lewis rats using spleen cells incubated in vitro with various lectins. When stimulated with concanavalin A (Con A), its derivative succinyl-Con A, Lens culinaris or Pisum sativum agglutinin, spleen cells obtained from

BACKGROUND Castanea sativa pollen allergy has generally been considered to be uncommon and clinically insignificant. In our geographical area (Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain) Castanea sativa pollen is a major pollen. OBJECTIVE To determine the atmospheric fluctuations and prevalence of patients