Open AccessP31 ‐ Natural history of wheat allergy in Greek children
Author(s) -
Giavi Stavroula,
Korovessi Paraskevi,
Douladiris Nikolaos,
Manousakis Emmanouil,
Papadopoulos Nikolaos G
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-4-s1-p86
Subject(s) - medicine , wheat allergy , allergy , natural history , food allergy , oral food challenge , pediatrics , population , family history , immunoglobulin e , immunology , environmental health , antibody
Methods We completed a retrospective medical record review of patients from the Allergy Clinic, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, University of Athens that were diagnosed as having wheat allergy. Patients were included in the study if they had a history of symptomatic reaction to wheat and or a positive wheat IgE test result. Clinical history, laboratory results, and final outcome were recorded for 70 patients. Resolution of wheat allergy was based on food challenge results. Total IgE, wheat IgE (f4), specific gluten IgE (f79) and the ratio f4/ lgE, (at presentation), were compared between children with active or resolved wheat allergy, 4 years after their first reaction, performing the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test.