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Effect of maternal avoidance of eggs, cow's milk and fish during lactation upon allergic manifestations in infants
Author(s) -
HATTEVIG G.,
KJELLMAN B.,
SIGURS N.,
BJÖRKSTÉN B.,
KJELLMAN N. I. M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
clinical and experimental allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1365-2222
pISSN - 0954-7894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1989.tb02339.x
Subject(s) - atopy , atopic dermatitis , allergy , fish <actinopterygii> , medicine , incidence (geometry) , egg white , physiology , biology , immunology , food science , physics , fishery , optics
Summary Atopic/allergic manifestations and skin‐prick tests (SPT) to egg white, cow's milk (CM) and fish were evaluated during the first 18 months of life in two matched groups of infants with a family history of atopy/allergy. In one group ( n = 65) the mothers had a diet free from eggs, CM and fish during the first 3 months postpartum, whereas the mothers in the other group ( n = 50) consumed an ordinary diet. The diet of the infants was similar in both groups, i.e. CM was not supplied until 6 months of age, and eggs and fish not until 9 months of age. The incidence of atopic dermatitis was significantly lower in the maternal diet group during the first 6 months postpartum (10.8 and 28%, respectively) but not after that age. Other atopic/allergic manifestations did not differ and the number of positive SPT to egg white, CM or fish at 9 months of age was similar in both groups.