Patient characteristics and mRNA expression of FcεRI α, β, and γ receptor chains^a.

a<p>mRNA expression was evaluated by RT-PCR after immunomagnetic purification of eosinophils.</p>b<p>reported as IU/ml, normal range ≤100.</p>c<p>expressed as Index Units, positive test ≥19.</p>d<p>reported as BP index/BPDAI as described in the Methods.</p>e<p>Not done.</p><p>Patient characteristics and mRNA expression of FcεRI α, β, and γ receptor chains^{<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0107725#nt110" target="_blank">a</a>}.