title: The oral allergy syndrome.
abstract: We have studied 262 patients suffering from hay fever and oral allergy syndrome after fruit and vegetable ingestion. The history and the results of RAST and skin test for pollen showed a contemporary presence of systemic and local symptoms in most of the patients; a close connection between age of onset of hay fever and oral allergy syndrome; a frequent association between allergy to some pollens and some vegetables, such as between apple, carrot, pear, cherry with birch pollen and tomato, melon, watermelon with grass pollen.
authors.affiliation: Bizzozero Medical Division Allergy and Immunology Center, Ospedale Niguarda Cà Granda, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ortolani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ispano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pastorello
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bigi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ansaloni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications; D005638:Fruit / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth; D011537:Pruritus / Q000150:complications; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000150:complications*; D012882:Skin Tests; D014675:Vegetables / Q000009:adverse effects