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The authors report two paediatric cases of pistachio nut food allergy
and investigation of a crossed reactivity with peanuts. The possible c
onsumption of a masked form of this new trophallergen and the existenc
e of common epitopes with other members of the Anacardiaceae family co
uld result in an increased frequency of pistachio allergy in the futur
e.