Immediate-type hypersensitivity reaction to ingestion of mycoprotein (Quorn) in a patient allergic to molds caused by acidic ribosomal protein P2

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1106-1110

  Hoff, Michael ^a   Trüeb, Ralph M ^b   Ballmer Weber, Barbara K ^b   Vieths, Stefan ^a   Wuethrich, Brunello ^b  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Case report; Cross reactivity; DBPCFC; Food allergy; Mold allergy; Recombinant allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIMETINDENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN FUS C I; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN P2; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SALBUTAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD; FOOD ALLERGY; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INGESTION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOULD; MYCOPROTEIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0037728872     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.1339     Document Type: Article

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