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Peanut allergy: an overviewNasser Al-Ahmed
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, St, Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 4:139-43. 2008..Approaches to investigation and treatment, patterns of cross-reactivity and possible causes of rising prevalence are discussed...
Platelet-activating factor, PAF acetylhydrolase, and severe anaphylaxisPeter Vadas
Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
N Engl J Med 358:28-35. 2008..The roles of PAF and PAF acetylhydrolase, the enzyme that inactivates PAF, in anaphylaxis in humans have not been reported...
Effect of epinephrine on platelet-activating factor-stimulated human vascular smooth muscle cellsPeter Vadas
Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Allergy Clin Immunol 129:1329-33. 2012..In particular, the effect of the timing of epinephrine administration on the action of PAF has not been examined...
Presence of undeclared peanut protein in chocolate bars imported from EuropePeter Vadas
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, St Michael s Hospital, Room 8 161, Cardinal Carter Wing, 30 Bond Street, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8
J Food Prot 66:1932-4. 2003..In contrast, North American manufacturers have attained a consistent level of safety and reliability for peanut-allergic consumers...
Platelet-activating factor, histamine, and tryptase levels in human anaphylaxisPeter Vadas
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Allergy Clin Immunol 131:144-9. 2013..Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is an important mediator and correlates with anaphylaxis severity. How well PAF correlates with severity relative to histamine or tryptase is not known...
Activated charcoal forms non-IgE binding complexes with peanut proteinsPeter Vadas
Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Cananda
J Allergy Clin Immunol 112:175-9. 2003..These data suggest that administration of AC may be useful as an adjunct to slow or to prevent further absorption of peanut protein from the gastrointestinal tract after accidental ingestion by individuals with peanut allergy...
