Oral Food Challenges: Special Considerations

Oral food challenges (OFC) play a vital role in the diagnosis of food allergy. History, skin prick testing (SPT), and serum specific IgE (sIgE) tests contribute to the probability assessment of having a food allergy, but do not allow for diagnostic certainty in confirming or de-labeling a food allergy.1 Accurate and cost-effective tests to diagnose food allergy are still required.2
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tags: CME Reviews Source Type: research