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Why are peanut allergies so much more severe than other food allergies?
To start, Peanut allergy is one of the most common allergens in the allergic population with 12 known allergen proteins.
four common food allergy superfamilies: Cupin (Ara h 1), Prolamin (Ara
h 2, 6, ...
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Is there any evidence for the idea that eating too many nuts makes you allergic?
According to the review of Valenta et al., nuts and peanuts give rise to IgE-mediated allergy, which is indeed a type of reaction that is subject to a form of sensitization. Although the process ...
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