A Patient with Recurring Nut Allergies Enrolls in an Experimental

question 42

Multiple Choice

A patient with recurring nut allergies enrolls in an experimental desensitization trial at the local allergy clinic. What should this patient expect?

• A) injection of large doses of suspected antigen over the next few months, with the hope that he will begin producing anti-allergen IgA
• B) injection of small doses of anti-antigen antibody over the next few months, with the hope that he will begin producing anti-antibody IgE
• C) injection of small doses of suspected antigen over the next few months, with the hope that he will begin producing anti-allergen IgG
• D) injection of medium doses of suspected antigen over the next few days, with the hope that he will begin producing anti-allergen IgM
• E) injection of medium doses of anti-antigen antibody over the next few years, in hopes of removing all anti-antigen IgE

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