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Egg allergen specific IgE diversity predicts resolution of egg allergy in the population cohort HealthNuts.
Allergy - 1 Feb 2019
Dang Thanh D, Peters Rachel L, Koplin Jennifer J, Dharmage Shyamali C, Gurrin Lyle C, Ponsonby Anne-Louise, Martino David J, Neeland Melanie, Tang Mimi L K, Allen Katrina J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: IgE-mediated egg allergy presents as one of the most common food allergies in children. Measurement of egg white specific IgE (sIgE) levels in serum or skin prick test has been shown to be a poor predictor of clinical allergy to raw egg white, and also to baked or cooked egg. Recent developments in component resolved diagnostic (CRD) technology have enabled us to improve the way in which we diagnose...
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