title: Hypersensitivity of cashew nut.
abstract: Cashew nut hypersensitivity can cause severe reactions even life threatening. In the past few years, there are more cases of cashew nut allergy than before in Beijing. Thirty patients with cashew nut allergy were analyzed in this paper. Case history, skin test, specific IgE and oral blinded challenge were used in the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy, PUP Allergy Diagnosis Centre, Peking.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000209:etiology*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009754:Nuts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E