December 2012. Volume 8. Number 4

Oral immunotherapy can desensitize children with egg allergy and increase tolerance to its consumption

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Burks AV, Jones SM, Wood RA, Fleischer DM, Sicherer SH, Lindblad RV, et al. for the Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR). Oral Immunotherapy for Treatment of Egg Allergy in Children. N Engl J Med. 2012;367:233-43
Reviewers: Pérez Gaxiola G1, Cuello García CA2.
1Hospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa. Culiacán. Sinaloa. México.
2ITESM. Monterrey. Nuevo León. México.
Correspondence: Giordano Pérez Gaxiola. Email: giordanopg@gmail.com
Reception date: 15/10/2012
Acceptance date: 22/10/2012
Publication date: 31/10/2012

Abstract

Authors’ conclusions: oral immunotherapy can desensitize a high proportion of children with egg allergy and induce sustained
unresponsiveness in a clinically significant subset.

Reviewers’ commentary: oral immunotherapy can increase egg tolerance in children with non severe allergy

How to cite this article

Pérez Gaxiola G, Cuello García CA. La inmunoterapia oral puede disminuir la respuesta alérgica e incrementar la tolerancia al huevo. Evid Pediatr. 2012;8:77.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Burks AV, Jones SM, Wood RA, Fleischer DM, Sicherer SH, Lindblad RV, et al. for the Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR). Oral Immunotherapy for Treatment of Egg Allergy in Children. N Engl J Med. 2012;367:233-43
Reviewers: Pérez Gaxiola G1, Cuello García CA2.
1Hospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa. Culiacán. Sinaloa. México.
2ITESM. Monterrey. Nuevo León. México.
Correspondence: Giordano Pérez Gaxiola. Email: giordanopg@gmail.com
Reception date: 15/10/2012
Acceptance date: 22/10/2012
Publication date: 31/10/2012

How to cite this article

Pérez Gaxiola G, Cuello García CA. La inmunoterapia oral puede disminuir la respuesta alérgica e incrementar la tolerancia al huevo. Evid Pediatr. 2012;8:77.

References

  1. Calderon MA, Alves B, Jacobson M, Hurwitz B, Sheikh A, Durham S. Allergen injection immunotherapy for seasonal allergic rhinitis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001936. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001936.pub2.
  2. Nurmatov U, Venderbosch I, Devereux G, Simons FER, Sheikh A. Allergen-specific oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD009014. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009014.pub2.


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