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Prevalence of clinic-defined food allergy in early adolescence: The SchoolNuts study.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Jan 2018
Sasaki Mari, Koplin Jennifer J, Dharmage Shyamali C, Field Michael J, Sawyer Susan M, McWilliam Vicki, Peters Rachel L, Gurrin Lyle C, Vuillermin Peter J, Douglass Jo, Pezic Angela, Brewerton Maia, Tang Mimi L K, Patton George C, Allen Katrina J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Rising rates of food-induced anaphylaxis have recently been shown in the adolescent age group, following earlier descriptions of a rise in children younger than 5 years. However, few population-based studies have examined the prevalence of food allergy in adolescence using objective measures such as oral food challenge (OFC). OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the prevalence of food allergy among a...
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