Frequency and significance of immediate contact reactions to peanut in peanut-sensitive children

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 839-845

  Wainstein, B K ^a,b   Kashef, S ^a   Ziegler, M ^a   Jelley, D ^a   Ziegler, J B ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergen skin prick test; Food challenge; Immediate hypersensitivity; Immediate skin application food test; Peanut; Skin contact reaction

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; PEANUT PROTEIN; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; URTICARIA;

ALLERGENS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PLANT PROTEINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS; URTICARIA;

EID: 34447536852     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02726.x     Document Type: Article

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