Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with alpha tryptase had more anaphylaxis than patients who only had B-tryptase. 65% of patients with ...

Reference ranges for basal serum tryptase (BST) are an excellent guide to determining whether a patient’s BST value is normal, per their specific tryptase genotype. If the BST is elevated based on the ...

In a decade-long study, a ratio of serum acute tryptase to serum baseline tryptase above 1.74 showed superior diagnostic performance compared with the current consensus formula, which requires serum ...

There's an enzyme that can tell doctors whether a child might have a severe allergic reaction to certain foods, and a team from Lurie Children's says it is possible to build a test around the genetic ...

The diagnosis of anaphylaxis can be tricky, especially in the absence of known triggers and when other conditions, such as urticaria and asthma, mimic aspects of the reaction. Biomarkers can help to ...