Affiliation:
1. Allergy Department, Complejo Hospitalario de León, 24071 León, Spain
2. Centro de Alergologia, 24001 León, Spain
3. Research & Development Department, Roxall, 48170 Zamudio, Spain
Abstract
A case report of fish allergy is exposed. The responsible allergen was fish collagen, and there was no sensitization to parvalbumin (main fish allergen). The patient acquired collagen sensitization by occupational exposition, not by ingestion.
Publisher
Open Exploration Publishing
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Engineering,General Environmental Science,General Medicine,General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science,Materials Chemistry,Economics and Econometrics,Media Technology,Forestry,Pharmacology (medical),Complementary and alternative medicine,Pharmaceutical Science,General Medicine,Immunology and Allergy,Applied Mathematics,General Mathematics,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health,Microbiology
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