1. Comparison of ImmunoCAP and Immulite serum specific IgE assays for the assessment of egg allergy
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Jean Paradis, Anne Des Roches, François Graham, Jonathan Lacombe-Barrios, Louis Paradis, and Philippe Bégin
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0301 basic medicine ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Allergy ,UniCAP ,Immunoglobulin E ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Food allergy ,medicine ,Immunology and Allergy ,Letter to the Editor ,Serum specific ige ,Egg allergy ,biology ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,030104 developmental biology ,Immulite ,030228 respiratory system ,Immunology ,embryonic structures ,biology.protein ,Linear correlation ,ImmunoCAP ,business ,Specific IgE assays ,Relevant information - Abstract
Egg specific IgE levels are frequently used in combination with skin-prick tests to guide clinical decisions and to monitor egg allergy evolution in children. We compared both Immulite and ImmunoCAP egg specific IgE assays in egg allergic children, and found a linear correlation between both assays with a mean Immulite:ImmunoCAP ratio of 3. This is relevant information for clinicans wishing to estimate values from one assay to the other, as most literature has been published using the ImmunoCAP system.
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