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Nasal allergy to avian antigens
R Gerth Van Wijk1, A W Van Toorenenbergen, P H Dieges
1Department of Allergology, University Hospital Dijkzigt Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Clinical Allergy
|November 1, 1987
Abstract:
This study describes the case of a patient who developed symptoms of rhinoconjunctivitis on exposure to budgerigars and parrots. An IgE-mediated allergy to budgerigar, parrot and pigeon antigens was demonstrated using both in-vivo challenge tests (skin and nasal provocation tests) and in-vitro investigations (radio-allergo-sorbent test, histamine release test). The study shows that the development of nasal disease can be associated with allergy to avian antigens.