Preventing the Appearance of the Symptoms of an Allergy Attack

question 28

Multiple Choice

Preventing the appearance of the symptoms of an allergy attack would be the likely result of

• A) blocking the attachment of the IgE antibodies to the mast cells.
• B) blocking the antigenic determinants of the IgM antibodies.
• C) reducing the number of helper T cells in the body.
• D) reducing the number of cytotoxic cells.
• E) reducing the number of natural killer cells.

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