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Bird-egg syndrome: a variant of secondary food allergies

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  1. Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany

    Sarah Trame

  2. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, ACAC, University Hospital of the RWTH, Pauwelstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Stefani Röseler, David Kluwig, Cathleen Schreiter, Gerda Wurpts, Hans F. Merk & Jens M. Baron

  3. Center for Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Venereology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

    Janina Staub

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S. Trame, Stefani Röseler, D. Kluwig, Cathleen Schreiter, J. Staub, G. Wurpts, H.F. Merk and J.M. Baron declare that they have no competing interests.

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Trame, S., Röseler, S., Kluwig, D. et al. Bird-egg syndrome: a variant of secondary food allergies. Allergo J Int 26, 285–286 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40629-017-0035-x

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