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Resolution of peanut allergy following bone marrow transplantation for primary immunodeficiency

Resolution of peanut allergy following bone marrow transplantation for primary immunodeficiency
Resolution of peanut allergy following bone marrow transplantation for primary immunodeficiency
Peanut allergy is a severe and life-threatening form of food allergy. Treatments are being developed but the mainstays of current management remain avoidance of peanut and appropriate use of rescue medication. We report the case of a boy with peanut allergy who required a bone marrow transplant (BMT) for combined immunodeficiency. A food challenge, 2 years after transplant, showed that his peanut allergy had resolved. Allergic disorders constitute a form of immune deviation and while we do not advocate BMT as a treatment for peanut allergy, we believe this case provides an insight into the basic mechanisms involved in food allergy.
0105-4538
536-537
Hourihane, J.O.
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Rhodes, H.L.
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Jones, A.M.
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Hourihane, J.O., Rhodes, H.L., Jones, A.M., Veys, P. and Connett, G.J. (2005) Resolution of peanut allergy following bone marrow transplantation for primary immunodeficiency. Allergy, 60 (4), 536-537. (doi:10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00752.x).

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Peanut allergy is a severe and life-threatening form of food allergy. Treatments are being developed but the mainstays of current management remain avoidance of peanut and appropriate use of rescue medication. We report the case of a boy with peanut allergy who required a bone marrow transplant (BMT) for combined immunodeficiency. A food challenge, 2 years after transplant, showed that his peanut allergy had resolved. Allergic disorders constitute a form of immune deviation and while we do not advocate BMT as a treatment for peanut allergy, we believe this case provides an insight into the basic mechanisms involved in food allergy.

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Published date: 2005

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Local EPrints ID: 27150
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/27150
ISSN: 0105-4538
PURE UUID: 332d5b93-414f-497c-9fda-5ae62179c36a
ORCID for G.J. Connett: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1310-3239

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Date deposited: 25 Apr 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:35

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Author: J.O. Hourihane
Author: H.L. Rhodes
Author: A.M. Jones
Author: P. Veys
Author: G.J. Connett ORCID iD

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