Skin prick test is more useful than specific IgE for diagnosis of buckwheat allergy: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Skin prick test is more useful than specific IgE for diagnosis of buckwheat allergy: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Background: Buckwheat (BW) is a potentially life-threatening allergen. Usefulness of BW-specific immunoglobulin-E (BW-sIgE) level for diagnosis of BW allergy is controversial, while the skin prick test (SPT) is widely used because of its less invasive procedure and immediate results. However, there...

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Main Authors: Noriyuki Yanagida, Sakura Sato, Kyohei Takahashi, Ken-ichi Nagakura, Kiyotake Ogura, Tomoyuki Asaumi, Motohiro Ebisawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Allergology International
Subjects:
Anaphylaxis
Buckwheat
Food allergy
Food hypersensitivity
Immunoglobulin E
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893017300461

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