Article
IgE-associated food allergy alters the presentation of paediatric eosinophilic esophagitis.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Nov 2016
Pelz B J, Wechsler J B, Amsden K, Johnson K, Singh A M, Wershil B K, Kagalwalla A F, Bryce P J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Links between food allergens and eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) have been established, but the interplay between EoE- and IgE-associated immediate hypersensitivity to foods remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the prevalence of IgE-associated food allergy at the time of diagnosis of EoE in children and to determine whether differences existed in presentation and disease compared to...
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