The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the role of IgE proteoforms in healthy volunteers and in patients with type I allergy, patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria, patients with a recent history of anaphylaxis, patients with mastocytosis, patients with hereditary alpha tryptasemia, patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA), and patients undergoing desensitization for venom or medication allergy.
CSU and type I allergic diseases (including anaphylaxis and desensitization), atopic dermatitis, mastocytosis, XLA and HaT (informed consent, age: any available adult subject, gender: any available subject, clinical phenotype and specific information about the allergy (e.g. severity, medication, medical history, laboratory testing)
Healthy controls (informed consent, age matched to the allergic patients, gender matched to the allergic patients, patient-reported symptoms related to allergy to aeroallergens, food, drugs, hymenoptera venom, CSU)
Absence of informed consent
Age < 18 years old
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KU Leuven
Lead sponsor
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Sponsor institution