Open AccessOral Immunotherapy for Treatment of Egg Allergy in Children
Author(s) -
A. Wesley Burks,
Stacie M. Jones,
Robert A. Wood,
David M. Fleischer,
Scott H. Sicherer,
Robert Lindblad,
Donald M. Stablein,
Alice K. Henning,
Brian P. Vickery,
Andrew H. Liu,
Amy M. Scurlock,
Wayne G. Shreffler,
Marshall Plaut,
Hugh A. Sampson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1200435
Subject(s) - oral immunotherapy , egg allergy , immunotherapy , allergy , medicine , immunology , dermatology , food allergy , immune system
For egg allergy, dietary avoidance is the only currently approved treatment. We evaluated oral immunotherapy using egg-white powder for the treatment of children with egg allergy.
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