Heated egg yolk challenge predicts the natural course of hen’s egg allergy: a retrospective study

Abstract Background Children do not always outgrow hen’s egg allergies in early childhood. Because egg yolks are less allergenic than egg whites, we performed an oral food challenge with heated egg yolk slightly contaminated with egg white (EYSEW OFC) in infants allergic to hen’s egg. We hypothesize...

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Main Authors: Yu Okada, Noriyuki Yanagida, Sakura Sato, Motohiro Ebisawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-10-01
Series:World Allergy Organization Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40413-016-0121-4