Gastrointestinal Symptoms: Under the Tip of the Iceberg in Lipid Transfer Protein Food Allergy

Abstract

Gastrointestinal symptoms (GIS) have been reported to be a manifestation of IgE-mediated food allergy (FA), although epidemiologic data are limited. Patients with FA caused by lipid transfer proteins (LTP-FA) may react to many different plant foods, present a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms (ranging from oral allergy syndrome to anaphylaxis), and develop GIS.