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Search for low-allergenic apple cultivars for birch-pollen-allergic patients: is there a correlation between in vitro assays and patient response?
European annals of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Mar 2006
Asero R, Marzban G, Martinelli A, Zaccarini M, Machado M Laimer da Camara
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BACKGROUND: Due to the cross-reactivity between Bet v 1 and proteins present in vegetable foods, birch pollen allergic patients frequently develop allergy to fruits and vegetables, mostly apples. Since many apple cultivars exist some of them might contain sufficiently low amounts of Mal d 1 to be tolerated by most allergic patients. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether apple cultivars containing low amounts of Mal d 1...
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