Table 13. Barriers for the evaluation of specific IgE results.
Technical and methodological errors (reasons for false-positive and false-negative results) |
Poor quality of reagents (e.g., allergen extracts or their extraction, coupling and stability) laboratory errors |
Interpretation errors (reasons for clinically irrelevant results) |
Strongly increased total IgE with multiple sensitizations high sensitivity of detection cross-reactive IgE antibodies |
IgE = Immunoglobulin E.