Abstract:Background: Some patients with a wheat allergy have been reported to
show clinical cross-reactivity to barley. However, it is not clear
whether the development of barley allergy in patients with a wheat
allergy is due to cross-antigenicity between wheat and barley. In our
study, we aimed to determine the clinical cross-reactivity and
immunological cross-antigenicity of wheat and barley. Methods: We
compared the results of barley oral food challenges (OFCs) before oral
immunotherapy (OIT) for wheat with those a… Show more
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