[Prick tests for histamine and cow milk in children].
Three hundred and one children were evaluated in six different rural areas in Tlaxcala, State (México). Through skin prick tests which included histamine, glycerine, cow's milk antigen and a drop fulfill a registration form including: personal data; personal and family atopic background; degree and frequency of gastrointestinal, respiratory and cutaneous diseases, as well as the child temperament. Besides, feeding history (length and type of breast-feeding). Six cases were found positive to cow's milk antigen (1.9%) by Prick test but none of them had showed signology related to (83%) were breast-fed at least for the first month of life. Histamine wheal size increased progressively up to eight months of age and reached a plateau.
Ruiz
F J
FJ
Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala.
Jiménez
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D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006632:Histamine / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008892:Milk / Q000276:immunology*; D012882:Skin Tests
D006632:Histamine