To review the recent literature on the diagnostic accuracy of skin prick tests (SPTs) in pediatric food allergy, focusing on adverse reactions to milk and beef. To present data about the test performance characteristics of beef extracts used in SPTs among children with atopic dermatitis (AD) reporting immediate hypersensitivity to beef.

Accuracy of skin prick tests in IgE-mediated adverse reactions to bovine proteins / A. Fiocchi, G. R. Bouygue, P. Restani, G. Bonvini, R. Startari, L. Terracciano. - In: ANNALS OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY. - ISSN 1081-1206. - 89:6 Suppl 1(2002 Dec), pp. 26-32-32.

Accuracy of skin prick tests in IgE-mediated adverse reactions to bovine proteins

P. Restani;
2002

Abstract

To review the recent literature on the diagnostic accuracy of skin prick tests (SPTs) in pediatric food allergy, focusing on adverse reactions to milk and beef. To present data about the test performance characteristics of beef extracts used in SPTs among children with atopic dermatitis (AD) reporting immediate hypersensitivity to beef.
Sensitivity and Specificity; Animals; Food Hypersensitivity; Dermatitis, Atopic; Reproducibility of Results; Double-Blind Method; Milk Hypersensitivity; Skin Tests; Humans; Child; Child, Preschool; Infant; Meat; Cattle; Allergens; Proteins; Milk Proteins
Settore CHIM/10 - Chimica degli Alimenti
dic-2002
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