Total IgE in newborns treated prophylactically with conalbumin

Int J Tissue React. 1985;7(6):535-7.

Abstract

Conalbumin has been used as a prophylactic treatment in artificially fed babies to prevent enteritic infections. Conalbumin being a heterologous protein, it could have sensitizing properties. The trial here reported demonstrated that when conalbumin-treated milk was fed to 15 such babies for 60 days the values of total IgE, as determined by the radioimmunoassay method, remained within the normal range.

MeSH terms

  • Conalbumin / adverse effects*
  • Conalbumin / therapeutic use
  • Egg Proteins / adverse effects*
  • Enteritis / prevention & control*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin E / analysis*
  • Immunoglobulin E / immunology
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn*
  • Male

Substances

  • Egg Proteins
  • Conalbumin
  • Immunoglobulin E