α-Gal Syndrome vs Chronic Urticaria

JAMA Dermatol. 2019 Jan 1;155(1):115-116. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.3970.

Authors

Karlyn Pollack¹, Barrett J Zlotoff¹, Larry C Borish^{2

3}, Scott P Commins⁴, Thomas A E Platts-Mills^{2

3}, Jeffrey M Wilson²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
² Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charottesville.
³ Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charottesville.
⁴ Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses the use of a blood test to distinguish galactose-α-1,3-galactose (α-gal) allergy from chronic urticaria.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Chronic Disease
Diagnosis, Differential
Disaccharides / immunology*
Epitopes
Food Hypersensitivity / diagnosis*
Food Hypersensitivity / immunology
Humans
Red Meat / adverse effects*
Syndrome
Urticaria / diagnosis*

Substances

Disaccharides
Epitopes
galactosyl-(1-3)galactose

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