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Anaphylactic sensitivity to human seminal fluid
Author(s) -
FRANKLAND A. W.,
PARISH W. E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
clinical and experimental allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1365-2222
pISSN - 0954-7894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1974.tb01382.x
Subject(s) - immunoglobulin e , immunology , glycoprotein , allergy , antigen , antibody , medicine , anaphylaxis , chemistry , biochemistry
Summary A patient is described who had generalized allergic symptoms due to a specific allergy to her second husband's seminal fluid. The woman's serum contained a heat labile reaginic IgE antibody that conferred anaphylactic sensitivity on human and monkey skin. The antigen is a glycoprotein of the seminal plasma.