The prevalence of PFS and prevalence and characteristics of reported food allergy; a survey of UK adults aged 18–75 incorporating a validated PFS diagnostic questionnaire

Skypala, Isabel; Bull, Samantha; Deegan, K.; Gruffydd‐Jones, Kevin; Holmes, Steve; Small, Iain; W. Emery, Peter; R. Durham, Stephen

doi:10.1111/cea.12104

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The prevalence of PFS and prevalence and characteristics of reported food allergy; a survey of UK adults aged 18–75 incorporating a validated PFS diagnostic questionnaire

Published in Clinical & Experimental Allergy • Mar 4, 2013

Authors:

Isabel Skypala

Samantha Bull

K. Deegan

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pollen-food syndrome (PFS), a food allergy affecting pollen-sensitized individuals, is likely to be the most prevalent food allergy in adults, estimated to affect 50-90% of people allergic to birch tree pollen. OBJECTIVE: A validated PFS diagnostic questionnaire (PFSDQ2) was used to dete...

Subject

Medicine

Food allergy

Population

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