Randomised controlled trial of advice on an egg exclusion diet in young children with atopic eczema and sensitivity to eggs

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-19

  Lever, Rosemary ^a   MacDonald, Carolyn ^a   Waugh, Pauline ^a   Aitchison, Tom ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopy; Eczema; Eggs; Food hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031915050     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1998.tb00294.x     Document Type: Article

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