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Basophil Activation Test for Allergy Diagnosis
Published on: May 31, 2021
Diagnosis and therapy of food allergy
Jesús F Crespo1, John M James, Julia Rodriguez
1Servicio de Alergia, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain jfernandezc.hdoc@salud.madrid.org
Abstract:
According to the recently revised nomenclature for allergy the term "Food Hypersensitivity" is proposed to define a reaction on food exposure causing objectively reproducible symptoms or signs at a dose tolerated by normal subjects. Those reactions to food in which immunologic mechanisms are demonstrated comprise the term "Food Allergy". Immunologic reactions to food in which an immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated mechanism is established are defined as IgE-mediated food allergy. This review focuses on IgE-mediated allergic reactions to foods.
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