Do shrimp-allergic individuals tolerate shrimp-derived glucosamine?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1457-1461

  Villacis, J ^a,d   Rice, T R ^b,d   Bucci, L R ^c,d   El Dahr, J M ^d   Wild, L ^d   DeMerell, D ^d   Soteres, D ^d   Lehrer, S B ^d  

^a Box 19 ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Weider Nutrition International   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacean; Glucosamine; IgE; Shrimp allergy; Supplement; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GLUCOSAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHRIMP; SKIN TEST; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GLUCOSAMINE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33750538669     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02590.x     Document Type: Article

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