Anaphylactic shock to celery and sensitization to ragweed and mugwort. Crossed or concomitant allergy?
Déchamp, C.; Michel, J.; Deviller, P.; Perrin, L.F.
Presse Medicale 13(14): 871-874
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0755-4982 PMID: 6231612 Document Number: 221610
Two cases of anaphylactoid reaction from hypersensitivity to celery are reported. The two patients were also allergic to ragweed and mugwort pollen. The RAST inhibition test suggested slight cross-allergenicity between celery and mugwort pollen. The common allergenic factor could have been the alpha-methylene gamma-butyrolactone group.