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Wheat allergy is a rare allergy which typically presents itself as a food allergy but can also be a contact allergy resulting from occupational exposure to wheat. Like all allergies wheat allergy involves immunoglobulin E and mast cell response. Typically the allergy is limited to the seed storage proteins of wheat some reactions are restricted to wheat proteins while others can react across many varieties of seeds and other plant tissues.

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