Hormonal Link to Autoimmune Allergies
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Hormonal Link to Autoimmune Allergies
IgE recognition of autoantigens might augment allergic inflammation in the absence of exogenous allergen exposure. Among allergy and autoimmunity, there is disproportionate representation of males before puberty and females after puberty, suggesting a role for sex hormones. Hormone allergy is an allergic reaction where the offending allergens are one's own hormones. It is an immune reaction to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: ISRN Allergy
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2090-553X
DOI: 10.5402/2012/910437