Particularities in a Child With Cashew Nut Allergy

• Main Authors: Joana Soares MD (Author), Ana Dias MD (Author), Sara Peixoto MD (Author), António Pereira MD (Author), Márcia Quaresma MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Food allergy affects many young children and tree nut allergy is accountable for a large number of severe, life-threatening anaphylactic reactions. Cross-reactivity can occur not only with foods that are in the same biological family but also between certain fruits or vegetables and latex (latex-fru...