Open Access‘Doc, will I ever eat steak again?’: diagnosis and management of alpha-gal syndrome
Author(s) -
Chirag H. Patel,
Onyinye I. Iweala
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current opinion in pediatrics, with evaluated medline/current opinion in pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.817
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1080-8116
pISSN - 1040-8703
DOI - 10.1097/mop.0000000000000955
Subject(s) - medicine , tick , immunoglobulin e , immunology , sensitization , allergy , food allergy , alpha (finance) , etiology , cystic fibrosis , antibody , virology , construct validity , nursing , patient satisfaction
Alpha-gal syndrome encompasses a constellation of symptoms associated with immune-mediated hypersensitivity responses to galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal). The purpose of this review is to discuss our current understanding of the etiology, clinical symptoms, natural history, epidemiology, and management of alpha-gal syndrome.