Immediate-Type Respiratory Allergy to Millet-Containing Seed Mixture of Bird Food

A 21-year-old patient experienced asthmatic attacks when cleaning the cage of his budgerigar. Skin tests and radioallergosorbent test were positive to grass pollen and negative for budgerigar feathers and feces. When the food of the bird, a mixture of grain, was tested, a positive reaction to millet...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Rombold, MD, Markus Ollert, Martin Sbornik, Jürgen Rakoski, Ulf Darsow, Johannes Ring
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-01-01
Series:World Allergy Organization Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1939455119305885