Oral food challenge to wheat: a near-fatal anaphylaxis and review of 93 food challenges in children
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Oral food challenge to wheat: a near-fatal anaphylaxis and review of 93 food challenges in children
BACKGROUND Wheat allergy is among the most common food allergy in children, but few publications are available assessing the risk of anaphylaxis due to wheat. METHODS In this study, we report the case of near-fatal anaphylaxis to wheat in a patient undergoing an oral food challenge (OFC) after the ingestion of a low dose (256 mg) of wheat. Moreover, for the first time, we analyzed the risk of...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Allergy Organization Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1939-4551
DOI: 10.1186/1939-4551-6-14