Over-reliance on Serum Testing for IgE to Food Allergens Results in Inappropriate Food Elimination Diets

Over-reliance on Serum Testing for IgE to Food Allergens Results in Inappropriate Food Elimination Diets

Given the commercial availability of RAST/ImmunoCAP testing, referral to an allergy center capable of serum testing review and allergist-supervised OFCs is warranted in patients with a history of adverse food reactions and positive serum testing before they are subjected to long-term elimination die...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2009-02, Vol.123 (2), p.S179-S179
Hauptverfasser: Spears, G.C, Miyazawa, N.K, Gleason, M.C, Gyorkos, E.A, Wilson, C.G, Murphy, J.R, Um, J.M, Atkins, D, Bock, A, Leung, D.Y, Fleischer, D.M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Allergies
Allergy and Immunology
Food
Food allergies
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Given the commercial availability of RAST/ImmunoCAP testing, referral to an allergy center capable of serum testing review and allergist-supervised OFCs is warranted in patients with a history of adverse food reactions and positive serum testing before they are subjected to long-term elimination diets.
ISSN:0091-6749
1097-6825
DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2008.12.677