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- Title
Apple desensitization in two patients with PR-10 proteins allergy.
- Authors
Nucera, E.; Aruanno, A.; Lombardo, C.; Patriarca, G.; Schiavino, D.
- Abstract
The article presents the case study of two people, a 13 year-old boy and 42 year-old man with oral allergy syndrome (OAS) who had undergone apple desensitization. The former developed lip angioedema after eating cherry and apples and the latter had oral ulcers and oropharyngeal itching after eating them. Skin prick tests (SPT) were performed to pollens and both the patients had positive SPT to apple and sensitization to PR-10 proteins.
- Subjects
ALLERGY desensitization; CASE studies; FOOD allergy; APPLES; SKIN tests
- Publication
Allergy, 2010, Vol 65, Issue 8, p1060
- ISSN
0105-4538
- Publication type
Other
- DOI
10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02275.x