Reactions to Shrimp Including Severe Anaphylaxis in Mite- and Cockroach-Allergic Patients Who Have Never Eaten Shrimp: Clinical Significance of IgE Cross-Reactivity to Tropomyosins From Different Sources

J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 2019 Aug;29(4):302-305. doi: 10.18176/jiaci.0378.

T F Martins¹, T N Mendonça², J Ml Melo², A S Moreno¹, Y C Januário¹, L Lp DaSilva¹, M M Dias¹, P R Meireles³, K S Santos³, A C Yang^{4

5}, L K Arruda^{1

2}

¹ Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
² Clinical Hospital of Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
³ Disciplina de Imunologia Clínica e Alergia, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
⁴ Disciplina de Imunologia Clínica e Alergia, Hospital da Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
⁵ University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Keywords: Crossreactivity; IgE; Oral food challenges; Shrimp; Tropomyosin.

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