mbkxb at s-crim1.dl.ac.uk (K.C. Baker) wrote:
>Gregory R. Harriman (gregoryh at bcm.tmc.edu) wrote:
>: In article <31CDD19E.5C62 at foto.infi.net>, Pete <jpete at foto.infi.net> wrote:
>: > Does anyone have any information on allergies to sperm? My wife once saw
>: > a show about it on "Donahue" of all places. Is she crazy or does this
>: > actually exist? Please let me know where I can get more info.
>: >
>: > Thanks!
>: Although rare, it does exist. A recent case report in in the June
>: 1996 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
>A colleague of mine had a xerox of a letter to The Lancet pinned to his wall.
>It discussed a clinical history of a patient (who ISTR was also the author) who
>had developed an allergy to her husbands seminal plasma. The letter contained
>the wonderful line "Prick tests proved negative..."
>--
>Dr Ken Baker Internet:mbkxb at seqnet.dl.ac.uk>Department of Avian Immunology BritishTelecomnet:(44) 1635 578411
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Do you think that this condition might be a good candidate for oral
tolerance?
