The difficulties of diagnosing food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis in childhood -- a case study and review.
We describe a case report of peanut and hens egg-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis in a 13-yr-old child, and assess the fundamental importance of careful investigations to differentiate food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis from other forms of allergic reactions.
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Department of Paediatric Allergy and Immunology, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK. angela.tewari@ic.ac.uk
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D000293:Adolescent; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D021181:Egg Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D021183:Peanut Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology