The prick by prick test is safe and reliable in 58 children with atopic dermatitis and food allergy

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 115-120

  Cantani, Arnaldo ^a   Micera, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atopy; Children; Diagnosis; Oral food challenge; Prick + prick tests; Skin prick tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CASEIN; FOOD ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; LACTALBUMIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EGG; FISH; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OLIVE TREE; PARIETARIA; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PREDICTION; PRICK TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEST; SOYBEAN; WHEAT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EGG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TESTS; WHEAT HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 33746388368     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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