Are peanut oral food challenges still useful? An evaluation of children with suspected peanut allergy, sensitization to Ara h 2 and controlled asthma

Are peanut oral food challenges still useful? An evaluation of children with suspected peanut allergy, sensitization to Ara h 2 and controlled asthma

Abstract Background Sensitization to Ara h 2 has been proposed as a promising biological marker for the severity of peanut allergy and may reduce the need for oral food challenges. This study aimed to evaluate whether peanut oral food challenge is still a useful diagnostic tool for children with sus...

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Main Authors: Iida Ojaniemi, Susanna Salmivesi, Antti Tikkakoski, Jussi Karjalainen, Lauri Lehtimäki, Rüdiger Schultz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Subjects:
Ara h 2
Peanut allergy
Oral food challenge
Asthma
Anaphylaxis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13223-022-00743-6

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