[Double-blind placebo-controlled cow's milk challenge for children in general hospitals].
Every child with possible food allergies has the right to a double-blind, placebo-controlled cow's milk challenge. This test can be performed in the paediatric ward of a non-academic hospital. Challenge with other foodstuffs can lead to more serious side effects and therefore should be considered in a general hospital setting only after extensive experience with double-blind, placebo-controlled challenge for cow's milk has been obtained. Other items of international discussion on double-blind, placebo-controlled challenge in children are: the natural development of tolerance for cow's milk, IgE- versus non-IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy, and the exacerbation of pre-existing eczema during and after double-blind, placebo-controlled challenge.
Hoekstra
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Afd. Dermatologie, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Centrum voor Kinderallergologie, Postbus 85.090, 3508 AB Utrecht. m.o.hoekstra@umcutrecht.nl
Meijer
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Pasmans
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Knulst
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology; D008892:Milk / Q000276:immunology*; D016269:Milk Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
D007073:Immunoglobulin E