Outcome of double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge tests in 107 children with atopic dermatitis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-96

  Niggemann, B ^a   Sielaff, B ^a   Beyer, K ^a   Binder, C ^a   Wahn, U ^a  

^a Children's Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Double blind; Food allergy; Oral challenge; Oral provocation; Placebo controlled

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECZEMA; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SOYBEAN; WHEAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECZEMA; EGGS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MILK; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRITICUM; VOMITING;

EID: 0032926498     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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