The Tryptase Test Clinical Use in Dermatology and Allergy

Products are for professional/laboratory use only.

Authors:  Knut Brockow1 , Lawrence B Schwartz2 1 Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Overview:

This white paper provides an overview of the use of tryptase in dermatology and allergy. The paper describes clinical utility of testing tryptase under acute and/or baseline levels to determine mast cell involvement and subsequent elevated mast cells found in systemic mastocytosis, mast cell activation as in systemic anaphylaxis or tryptase overproduction as in alpha-tryptasemia.