Anaphylaxis to the carbohydrate side chain alpha-gal

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 247-260

  Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^a   Schuyler, Alexander J ^a   Tripathi, Anubha ^a   Commins, Scott P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha gal; Cetuximab; Delayed anaphylaxis; Red meat allergy; Ticks

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; DRUG ANTIBODY; FC RECEPTOR; GALACTOSYLGALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; INFLIXIMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; ALLERGEN; GALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; COLON CANCER; DELAYED ANAPHYLAXIS; DELAYED ANAPHYLAXIS TO RED MEAT; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DRUG FATALITY; FOOD ALLERGY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IXODES; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RED MEAT; REVIEW; TICK BITE; URTICARIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOLOGY; TICK;

ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CETUXIMAB; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GALACTOSE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RED MEAT; TICKS; URTICARIA;

EID: 84926415798     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: 15578607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2015.01.009     Document Type: Review

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