Diallertest® Wheat
Cereals, and in particular wheat, represent one of the six foods involved in 90% of all childhood food allergies. According to French epidemiological data, cereal allergy accounts for 10.3% of all adult food allergies ranking it fifth amongst the adult allergies.
Wheat allergy and gluten intolerance are two very similar conditions involving the immune system: they are both accompanied by gastro-intestinal symptoms and have many points in common, often resulting in confusion over diagnoses. Coeliac disease is an auto-immune disease triggered by gluten, a protein found in wheat.
Patch tests have been demonstrated to be significantly more sensitive than classical diagnostic methods for diagnosos of wheat allergy. Patch tests have been proven to be effective at diagnosing non-IgE mediated wheat allergies and also in diagnosing wheat allergies in children under two years old.
Traditional patch tests use whole wheat flour and have the disadvantage of favouring soluble proteins, which come more easily into contact with the skin. In order to increase the sensitivity of patch tests, Diallertest® contains a mixture of all wheat proteins selected using an exclusive extraction technique. Using the VIAKSIN® technology the wheat proteins are rapidly suspended in order to optimise the delivery to the immune cells in the skin which will provoke a reaction. Clinical studies of Diallertest®Wheat are currently in early Phase II
