Food Hypersensitivity in Patients with Pollen Allergy.

Autor: Eriksson, Nils E., Formgren, Hans, Svenonius, Eivor
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Zdroj: Allergy; Aug82, Vol. 37 Issue 6, p437-443, 7p
Abstrakt: Six hundred patients with pollen allergy answered a questionnaire about food hypersensitivity. Hypersensitivity to various nuts, fruits and roots was reported more often by patients with birch pollen allergy (70%) than by patients without birch pollen allergy (19%). The stronger the skin test reaction to birch pollen, the higher was the incidence of food hypersensitivity. A negative correlation was found between grass pollen allergy and food hypersensitivity. In the diagnosis of springtime hayfever, the presence of hypersensitivity to nuts, fruits and roots supports a diagnosis of birch pollen allergy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index