METHODS
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Patients’ selection
The studied population included 86 paired peripheral blood samples
(plasma) from 43 patients presenting anaphylaxis and recruited at
Fundación Jiménez Díaz and Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, Madrid,
Spain. From every subject, EVs were purified from plasma collected in
the acute phase of the episode (AnEVs) and at baseline (BEVs) at least
14 days after reaction Patients who fulfilled the definition of
anaphylaxis according to the 2006 National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Disease/Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network criteria were
included [2]. The protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee
(PIC38/2016_FJD and PIC142/2016_FJD).