Methods The proteins 2S, 11S and oleosins were purified from a raw sunflower seed extract by FPLC/HPLC and identified by specific antibodies and peptide mass fingerprinting. We tested the immunological recognition of these proteins by basophil activation test (BAT). Four concentrations (1, 0.2, 0.1, 0.02 ìg/ml) of each protein and the sunflower roasted extract were used. Ten patients were selec...

OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalence of allergy to cockroaches (Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana) in asthmatic and non-asthmatic children and to determine the degree of agreement between the skin prick test and serum specific IgE levels, as well as to establish the relationship between cockroach allergy and total IgE levels. METHODS A case-control study involving 76 asthmatic and ...

Iran is the main producer of Saffron in the world and a great number of Khorasan (the largest province of Iran) are involved in growing this plant. Recently, saffron pollen has found great importance due to inducing allergic reactions. In this study, the prevalence and clinical symptoms of saffron pollen allergy and specific IgE level in saffron workers have been studied. For this purpose, 167 ...

oral allergy syndrome (oas) is occasionally observed following consumption  of raw fruits  in  allergic adults. since this  phenomenon  was  commonly  reported  in  khorasan province of iran; we intended to check if common  diagnostic tests could be applied for differential diagnosis of oas to grapes. ige reactivity of 84 patients with oas to grape and 34 patients with oas to other fruits were ...

performed with the program SPSS14. Results: We obtained a total of 519 patients with positive skin prick test between January 2009 and March 2011. This group comprised 47% females and 53% male, with a mean age of 19 years between 3 to 79 years. We have 253patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma (A), 173 with RA and 93 with A. 55% of the patients reacted to one allergen extract (AE) and ...

BACKGROUND Maltitol is a sugar alcohol that is frequently used as a noncaloric sweetener, although it is also used as an excipient, a plasticizer in gelatin capsules, and an emollient. It has not been previously described as an agent involved in immediate hypersensitivity reactions. METHODS We report on an anaphylactoid reaction with pharyngeal occlusion suffered by a 60-year-old man after in...