Allergy testing in children with persistent asthma: Comparison of four diagnostic methods
ConclusionThe high prevalence of food and respiratory sensitization supports the clinical guideline recommendation that allergies should be evaluated in all children with suspected asthma. The microarray platforms studied here demonstrated acceptable accuracy and provided refined IgE characterization in 47% of the patients compared to standard extract‐based methods.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: Allergy - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Annica Önell, Anna Whiteman, Björn Nordlund, Francesca Baldracchini, Giorgio Mazzoleni, Gunilla Hedlin, Hans Grönlund, Jon R Konradsen Tags: Original Article: Experimental Allergy and Immunology Source Type: research
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