Food allergy in South African children with atopic dermatitis

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 572-579

  Gray, Claudia L ^a   Levin, Michael E ^a   Zar, Heather J ^b   Potter, Paul C ^b   Khumalo, Nonhlanhla P ^a   Volkwyn, Lucia ^a   Fenemore, Bartha ^b   du Toit, George ^c,d  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Black Africans; Food allergy; Food sensitization; IgE mediated; Incremental food challenges; Peanut allergy

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; EGG ALLERGY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PEANUT ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SOUTH AFRICAN; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PEANUT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE OF ONSET; ALLERGENS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84915786765     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12270     Document Type: Article

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