A peculiar cause of anaphylaxis: No more steak?: The journey to discovery of a newly recognized allergy to galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose found in mammalian meat

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 322-325

  Wolver, Susan E ^a   Sun, Diane R ^a   Commins, Scott P ^b   Schwartz, Lawrence B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

allergy; anaphylaxis; immunology; meat; tick

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; GALACTOSYLGALACTOSE; INFUSION FLUID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIP; MALE; PRICK TEST; RASH; TONGUE; TRUNK; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CATTLE; DISACCHARIDES; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; TICKS;

EID: 84873417000     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2144-z     Document Type: Article

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