Allergy to red meat in adulthood: a case report

Meat allergy is rare in adults [1]. The major allergens involved in mammalian meat allergy are serum albumins and immunoglobulins [1,2]. Systemic reactions to a new mammalian cross-reactive carbohydrate determinant, galactose- alpha -1,3-galactose, have been described [3]. We report a case of food a...

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Published inJournal of investigational allergology & clinical immunology Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 206 - 208
Main Authors Carrapatoso, I, Bartolomé Zavala, B, Ribeiro, F, Martínez Quesada, J, Segorbe Luís, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Spain 2014
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Disaccharides - immunology
Food Hypersensitivity - etiology
Humans
Immunoglobulin E - blood
Male
Meat - adverse effects
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Summary:Meat allergy is rare in adults [1]. The major allergens involved in mammalian meat allergy are serum albumins and immunoglobulins [1,2]. Systemic reactions to a new mammalian cross-reactive carbohydrate determinant, galactose- alpha -1,3-galactose, have been described [3]. We report a case of food allergy to red meat that developed in late adulthood.
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ISSN:1018-9068