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Interpreting skin prick tests in the evaluation of food allergy in children |
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Published in | Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 1998, vol. 9, no. 4, p. 186-91 | |
Abstract | Skin prick tests (SPTs) are utilized routinely in the evaluation of food allergy and several authors have discussed their utility. Efforts to standardize SPT reagents and procedures have been made, but the accuracies of different recording techniques have not been clearly defined. The aim of this study was to compare different SPT recording methods with the outcome of oral food challenge and determine whether they offer any advantage over the criteria proposed by Bock and May (1). | |
Keywords | Allergens/administration & dosage/immunology — Case-Control Studies — Child — Double-Blind Method — Evaluation Studies as Topic — Food Hypersensitivity/diagnosis — Humans — Immunoglobulin E/immunology — Predictive Value of Tests — Sensitivity and Specificity — Skin Tests/methods | |
Identifiers | PMID: 9920216 | |
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Research group | Pathogenèse et traitement des allergies alimentaires (191) | |
Citation (ISO format) | EIGENMANN, Philippe, SAMPSON, H A. Interpreting skin prick tests in the evaluation of food allergy in children. In: Pediatric allergy and immunology, 1998, vol. 9, n° 4, p. 186-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1998.tb00371.x https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:74607 |