Challenge: Believe it or not, this syndrome has a name - what is it? What is the causative factor?
Image of chicken and egg illustration from the 14th century is in the public domain, from Wikipedia.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Chicken or the Egg?
Challenge: Believe it or not, this syndrome has a name - what is it? What is the causative factor?
Image of chicken and egg illustration from the 14th century is in the public domain, from Wikipedia.
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Is this some sort of cross reaction reaction
I recall a syndrome called bird-egg syndrome.
Can you explain what it is about?
good memory!
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Chicken or the Egg?
This is bird-egg syndrome, an allergy to alpha livetin, also known as chicken serum albumin. It is thought to be inactivated by cooking.
Source: UpToDate.
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