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The genetics of atopy.
Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica - 1 Jan 1998
Bonini S, Ruffilli A
Abstract excerpt
Since the original introduction by Coca and Coombs in 1923, the concept of atopy has always been linked to the relevance of an inherited predisposition in causing immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions to common allergens. However, the mechanisms underlying this predisposition have long been vague and controversial. Only recently, the better knowledge of the basic pathophysiological abnormalities of atopy as...
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