Egg Food Challenges are Associated with More Gastrointestinal Reactions

• Main Authors: Malika Gupta (Author), Liron D. Grossmann (Author), Jonathan M. Spergel (Author), Antonella Cianferoni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Egg allergy is a common pediatric allergy, and is usually outgrown by elementary school age. There is, therefore, a need to perform an oral food challenge (OFC) to establish the presence of food allergy to egg. In this study, we conducted a retrospective review of 2304 OFCs at a pediatric center and...