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[A case of anaphylaxis caused by sunflower seed]
M Iwaya1, G Murakami, K Kurose
1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University.
Arerugi = [Allergy]
|June 1, 1994
Abstract:
A 14 years old boy experienced an anaphylactic reaction of dyspnea, vomiting, urticaria and hypotension after he ate sunflower seeds. Specific IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to sunflower seen extract was demonstrated by skin tests and radioallergosorbent test (RAST). By immunoblotting test analysis (SDS-PAGE, Western blotting method), the allergenic activity of sunflower seem were shown to be in the MW range of 13.5 Kd.