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Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
Allergy is commonly, although not always, associated with a family history of allergic disorders. The likelihood of allergy is greater if one or both parents have an allergy.

Prenatal diagnosis
None, although a family history in both parents is very commonly associated with allergic manifestations in offspring.

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Dr J Brostoff, Consultant Immunologist, Middlesex Hospital, London UK. Last updated July 2002 by Professor S R Durham. Last reviewed May 2006 by Professor S R Durham, Professor of Allergy & Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK.

 

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