Apovitellin identified as a novel major egg allergen in goose egg allergy

Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2019 Mar;30(2):246-248. doi: 10.1111/pai.12997. Epub 2018 Nov 14.

Authors

Francesca Colombo¹, Patrizia Restani¹, Elio Massimo Novembre², Simona Barni², Chiara Di Lorenzo¹, Francesca Orgiu¹, Simone Biella¹, Francesca Mori²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
² Paediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, Department of Paediatric, A. Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

PMID: 30346628
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12997

No abstract available

Keywords: apovitellin; food allergy; goose's egg; immunoblotting.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Allergens / immunology*
Animals
Egg Hypersensitivity / diagnosis*
Egg Hypersensitivity / immunology
Female
Geese / immunology*
Humans
Immunoblotting / methods
Immunoglobulin E / blood
Skin Tests / methods
Vitellins / immunology*

Substances

Allergens
Vitellins
Immunoglobulin E