The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 199-205 , January 2007

Egg oral immunotherapy in nonanaphylactic children with egg allergy

  • Ariana D. Buchanan, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Todd D. Green, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Stacie M. Jones, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock
    • Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock
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  • Amy M. Scurlock, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock
    • Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock
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  • Lynn Christie, RD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock
    • Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock
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  • Karen A. Althage, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock
    • Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock
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  • Pamela H. Steele, CPNP

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
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  • Laurent Pons, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
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  • Rick M. Helm, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock
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  • Laurie A. Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
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  • A. Wesley Burks, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: A. Wesley Burks, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2644, Durham, NC 27710.

Received 11 May 2006 ,Revised 7 September 2006 ,Accepted 11 September 2006.

  • Image Result

    A, Mean egg-specific IgG levels (in milligrams per liter) over time. B, Mean egg-specific IgE levels (in kilounits per liter) over time.

    A, Mean egg-specific IgG levels (in milligrams per liter) over time. B, Mean egg-specific IgE levels (in kilounits per liter) over time.

 Supported by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Chancellor's Research Fund and the Arkansas Children's Hospital Pediatric Clinical Research Unit, as well as the Duke General Clinical Research Center, grant 5M01-RR-000030-45, National Center for Research Resources, Clinical Research Centers Program, and National Institutes of Health.Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: S. M. Jones has received grant support from the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dyax, Mead Johnson, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Genentech, AstraZeneca, and Aventis. L Christie has consulting arrangements with the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network. P. H. Steele is on the speakers' bureau for Sepracor Pharmaceuticals. A. W. Burks has consultant arrangements with Genentech; owns stock in Seer, Inc; has patent licensing arrangements on peanut allergens and Methods, Isolated, and Purified Ara H2 antigen for producing mAbs for Ara h 2; and has received grant support from NCRR and the National Institutes of Health; and is on the speakers' bureau for Novartis and Dey. The rest of the authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(06)01938-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.09.016

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 199-205 , January 2007

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