The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 731-736 , March 2008

Early clinical predictors of remission of peanut allergy in children

  • Marco H.K. Ho, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Allergy and Immunology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Wilfred H.S. Wong, MMedSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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  • Ralf G. Heine, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Allergy and Immunology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
    • Department of Pediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Clifford S. Hosking, MD

      Affiliations

    • John Hunter Children's Hospital, Newcastle, Australia
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  • David J. Hill, MD

      Affiliations

    • Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Katrina J. Allen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Allergy and Immunology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
    • Department of Pediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Katrina J. Allen, MD, PhD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist/Allergist, Department of Allergy and Immunology, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Rd, Parkville Vic 3052, Australia.

Received 16 June 2007 ,Revised 10 October 2007 ,Accepted 16 November 2007.

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 Dr Ho was supported by the Ho Hung Chiu Medical Education Scholarship and training grant of the Hospital Authority, Hong Kong SAR, China. Dr Allen is a recipient of an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Award and has funding from the Ilhan Food Allergy Foundation and AnaphylaxiStop.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: The authors have declared that they have no relevant conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(07)02262-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.11.024

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 731-736 , March 2008

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