Standardizing double-blind, placebo-controlled oral food challenges: American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology-European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology PRACTALL consensus report

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1260-1274

  Sampson, Hugh A ^a   Gerth Van Wijk, Roy ^b   Bindslev Jensen, Carsten ^c   Sicherer, Scott ^a   Teuber, Suzanne S ^d   Burks, A Wesley ^e   Dubois, Anthony E J ^f   Beyer, Kirsten ^g   Eigenmann, Philippe A ^h   Spergel, Jonathan M ⁱ   Werfel, Thomas ^j   Chinchilli, Vernon M ^k  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^h GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^k PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

double blind; Food allergy; oral food challenge; placebo controlled food challenge

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEEDING; FOOD ALLERGY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION;

ALLERGENS; ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECZEMA; EUROPE; FOOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SKIN TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870260207     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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