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¹ Allergy Department, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital-Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Spain.
² Allergy Unit, ARADyAL, IBIMA-Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga-UMA, Malaga, Spain.
³ Allergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.

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Leticia de Las Vecillas et al. Allergy. 2021 Oct.

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. 2021 Oct;76(10):3236-3237.

doi: 10.1111/all.14855. Epub 2021 Apr 25.

¹ Allergy Department, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital-Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Spain.
² Allergy Unit, ARADyAL, IBIMA-Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga-UMA, Malaga, Spain.
³ Allergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.

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Keywords: IgE; mast cells; protection; toxin hypothesis; transplacental transfer.

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Fetal mast cells mediate postnatal allergic responses dependent on maternal IgE.
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