The distribution of individual threshold doses eliciting allergic reactions in a population with peanut allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 915-920

  Wensing, Marjolein ^a   Penninks, André H ^b   Hefle, Susan L ^c   Koppelman, Stef J ^b   Bruijnzeel Koomen, Carla A F M ^a   Knulst, André C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Double blind; Food allergy; Peanut allergy; Placebo controlled food challenge; Threshold dose

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PEANUT; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY;

EID: 0036912059     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.129235     Document Type: Article

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