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Review
. 1994 Jun;43(6):696-700.

[A case of anaphylaxis caused by sunflower seed]

[Article in Japanese]
M Iwaya  1 , G Murakami, K Kurose, M Matsuno, Y Onoue, M Takayanagi, M Kayahara, Y Adachi, Y Adachi, T Okada
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Review

[A case of anaphylaxis caused by sunflower seed]

[Article in Japanese]
M Iwaya et al. Arerugi. 1994 Jun.

Abstract

A 14 years old boy experienced an anaphylactic reaction of dyspnea, vomiting, urticaria and hypotension after he ate sunflower seeds. Specific IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to sunflower seen extract was demonstrated by skin tests and radioallergosorbent test (RAST). By immunoblotting test analysis (SDS-PAGE, Western blotting method), the allergenic activity of sunflower seem were shown to be in the MW range of 13.5 Kd.

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