False-positive results of serological tests for allergy in alcoholics.

CONCLUSIONS: Serological tests for allergy should be interpreted with caution in alcoholics, who frequently show increased levels of total IgE, CCD-sIgE and subsequent positivity of sIgE to glycosylated allergen components, irrespective of the method used. PMID: 30183656 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30183656?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology - September 5, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Alvela-Suarez L, Campos J, Carballo I, Gomez-Rial J, Lombardero M, Linneberg A, Vidal C, Gonzalez-Quintela A Tags: J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol Source Type: research

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