Egg oral immunotherapy in nonanaphylactic children with egg allergy
AD Buchanan, TD Green, SM Jones… - Journal of allergy and …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: There is no current active treatment for food allergy. Traditional injection
immunotherapy has been proved unsafe, and thus there is a need for other forms of
immunotherapy. OBJECTIVE: The purpose was to study the safety and immunologic effects
of egg oral immunotherapy (OIT). The short-term goal was to desensitize subjects to protect
against accidental ingestion reactions. The eventual goal was to induce lasting clinical and
immunologic tolerance. METHODS: Subjects with a history of egg allergy but without a …
immunotherapy has been proved unsafe, and thus there is a need for other forms of
immunotherapy. OBJECTIVE: The purpose was to study the safety and immunologic effects
of egg oral immunotherapy (OIT). The short-term goal was to desensitize subjects to protect
against accidental ingestion reactions. The eventual goal was to induce lasting clinical and
immunologic tolerance. METHODS: Subjects with a history of egg allergy but without a …
