Maize flour-induced rhinitis.

Franco Borghesan; Nestore Borghesan

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Maize flour-induced rhinitis.

Franco Borghesan·Nestore Borghesan

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Food allergy rarely causes allergic rhinitis. We report the case of a patient who developed non-occupational persistent rhinitis in adult age, evoked by the ingestion of maize (corn) flour. The symptoms and typical reactions of food allergy occurred only 15 years after the onset of the rhinitis signs.

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Franco Borghesan, Nestore Borghesan. 2005. Maize flour-induced rhinitis.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16285235/

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