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A Clinical and Immunological Study of Allergy to Hen's Egg White
Author(s) -
Langeland Tor
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1982.tb02335.x
Subject(s) - egg white , ovalbumin , egg allergy , immunoglobulin e , immunology , antibody , allergy , lysozyme , white (mutation) , antigen , biology , immunoelectrophoresis , ovotransferrin , medicine , food science , biochemistry , gene
Allergens in hen's egg white were studied in crossed radio‐immunoelectrophoresis (CRIE). Specific IgE‐antibodies against different proteins in the egg white were examined in sera from 70 atopic patients with clinical hypersensitivity, and RAST ≥2 to egg white. Ovalbumin, ovomucoid and an unidentified protein, antigen 22, were classified as major allergens. Specific IgE‐antibodies against 10 more proteins in hen's egg white were detected. IgE‐antibodies against lysozyme could not be detected.