A new molecular multiplex IgE assay for the diagnosis of pollen allergy in Mediterranean countries: A validation study.
Marco Di FraiaStefania ArasiSveva CastelliStephanie DramburgEkaterina PotapovaDanilo VillaltaSalvatore TripodiIfigenia SfikaAnna Maria ZicariValeria VillellaSerena PernaAlessandro TravagliniPier Luigi VerardoPaolo Maria MatricardiPublished in: Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2018)
Sensitivity and specificity of ESEP in testing serum IgE antibodies against pollen allergen extracts and molecules, in Italian patients with SAR, both exceeded 85%. The advantages and limitations of a multiplex customized immunoblot assay, in the routine clinical use of molecular diagnostics in Southern European pollen allergic patients, deserve to be tested.