The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 123, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S365-S383 , June 2009

Work Group report: Oral food challenge testing

  • Anna Nowak-Węgrzyn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Amal H. Assa'ad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Amal Assa'ad, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and Past-Chair, Adverse Reactions to Foods Committee, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229.
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  • Sami L. Bahna, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, La
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  • S. Allan Bock, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Jewish Health and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colo
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  • Scott H. Sicherer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Suzanne S. Teuber, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Davis, Calif
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  • Adverse Reactions to Food Committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

Received 11 August 2008 ,Revised 11 March 2009 ,Accepted 23 March 2009.

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 Supported by the Food Allergy Initiative. The Food Allergy Initiative is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to finding a cure for food allergies by funding food allergy research; it does not conduct scientific research or render medical advice. The opinion in the manuscript reflects that of the authors and not that of the Food Allergy Initiative, and Food Allergy Initiative is not responsible or liable for the information set forth in the manuscript or for any damages that may result from its use.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: A. Assa'ad has received research support from GlaxoSmithKline. A. Nowak-Węgrzyn has received research support from the National Institutes of Health. S. L. Bahna has received research support from Genentech/Novartis and CSL Behring. S. H. Sicherer has received research support from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and is a consultant for the Food Allergy Initiative and a medical advisor for the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network. The rest of the authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(09)00562-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.03.042

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 123, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S365-S383 , June 2009

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