Pear is known as an allergenic food involved in the 'oral allergy syndrome' which affects a high percentage of patients allergic to birch pollen. The aim of this study was to clone the major allergen of this fruit, to express it as bacterial recombinant protein and to study its allergenic properties
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the ocular findings in patients with Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) pollinosis.
METHODS
Twenty-two farmers working on artificial pollination in Japanese pear orchards were examined for ocular itching, conjunctival conditions, presence of eosinophils in the conjunctival
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