Establishing the diagnosis of peanut allergy in children never exposed to peanut or with an uncertain history: A cross-Canada study

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 920-926

  Ben Shoshan, Moshe ^a   Kagan, Rhoda ^b   Primeau, Marie Noël ^a   Alizadehfar, Reza ^a   Turnbull, Elizabeth ^a   Harada, Laurie ^c   Dufresne, Claire ^d   Allen, Mary ^e   Joseph, Lawrence ^a,f   St Pierre, Yvan ^a   Clarke, Ann ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Division of Clinical Immunology/Allergy   (Canada)

^c Anaphylaxis Canada ^*  (Canada)

^d Association Quebecoise des Allergies Alimentaires   (Canada)

^e AllergyAsthma Information Association (AAIA)   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

confirmatory tests; diagnosis; peanut allergy; skin prick tests; specific IgE; uncertain history

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 77952746301     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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