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SUBMITTER: Begin P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3913318 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bégin Philippe P Winterroth Lisa C LC Dominguez Tina T Wilson Shruti P SP Bacal Liane L Mehrotra Anjuli A Kausch Bethany B Trela Anthony A Hoyte Elisabeth E O'Riordan Gerri G Seki Scott S Blakemore Alanna A Woch Margie M Hamilton Robert G RG Nadeau Kari C KC
Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 20140115 1
<h4>Background</h4>Thirty percent of children with food allergy are allergic to more than one food. Previous studies on oral immunotherapy (OIT) for food allergy have focused on the administration of a single allergen at the time. This study aimed at evaluating the safety of a modified OIT protocol using multiple foods at one time.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants underwent double-blind placebo-controlled food challenges (DBPCFC) up to a cumulative dose of 182 mg of food protein to peanut followed by ...[more]