Open AccessReactions of Buckwheat-Hypersensitive Patients during Oral Food Challenge Are Rare, but Often Anaphylactic
Author(s) -
Noriyuki Yanagida,
Sakura Sato,
Kyohei Takahashi,
Kenichi Nagakura,
Kiyotake Ogura,
Tomoyuki Asaumi,
Motohiro Ebisawa
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international archives of allergy and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1423-0097
pISSN - 1018-2438
DOI - 10.1159/000456008
Subject(s) - medicine , anaphylaxis , food allergy , allergy , peanut allergy , gastroenterology , oral food challenge , immunoglobulin e , anaphylactic reactions , immunology , antibody
Buckwheat (BW) is a common cause of life-threatening allergy in Asia. Few have examined oral food challenges (OFCs) using BW. We here describe the OFC outcomes for the diagnosis or confirmation of tolerance acquisition and clarify risk factors for positive OFCs.