Oral food challenges in children: Review and future perspectives

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 465-472

  Greenhawt, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy diagnosis; Anaphylaxis; Children; Component resolved diagnostic testing; Diagnostic cutoff points; DPBCFC; Food allergy; ImmunoCAP; Open challenge; Oral food challenge; Pediatric; Single blinded challenge

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EGG ALLERGY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MILK ALLERGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; ORAL FOOD CHALLENGE; PEANUT ALLERGY; PREDICTION; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; CHILD; FOOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 81155149940     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-011-0219-2     Document Type: Review

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