Outcome of oral food challenges in children in relation to symptom-eliciting allergen dose and allergen-specific IgE

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 951-957

  Rolinck Werninghaus, C ^a   Niggemann, B ^a,b   Grabenhenrich, L ^a   Wahn, U ^a   Beyer, Kirsten ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b German Red Cross Hospital Westend   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food allergens; IgE; Immunologic test; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EGG; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SOYBEAN; SYMPTOM; WHEAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84862027798     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2012.02838.x     Document Type: Article

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