Introductory lecture: Diagnosis of food allergy: when is an oral challenge positive
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Introductory lecture: Diagnosis of food allergy: when is an oral challenge positive
Oral food challenges still remain the gold standard in the diagnosis of food related symptoms and are performed to obtain a clear “yes or no” response. However, this is often difficult to achieve, and so proposals may be appropriate for criteria on when to stop oral food challenges and declare a challenge as positive or negative. In daily practice it makes sense to challenge until clear objecti...
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Oral food challenges still remain the gold standard in the diagnosis of food related symptoms and are performed to obtain a clear 'yes or no' response. However, this is often difficult to achieve, and so proposals may be appropriate for criteria on when to stop oral food challenges. In daily practice it makes sense to challenge until clear objective symptoms occur without harming the patient. C...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Translational Allergy
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2045-7022
DOI: 10.1186/2045-7022-1-s1-s43