Food allergies can result in life-threatening reactions and diminish quality of life. In the last
several decades, the prevalence of food allergies has increased in several regions …

This article reviews possible risk factors and theories for the development of food allergy. It is
noted that previous strategies to prevent food allergy through allergen avoidance during …

Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) has been used to treat allergic disease since the early 1900s.
Despite numerous clinical trials and meta-analyses proving AIT efficacious, it remains …

Background The prevalence of peanut allergy among children in Western countries has
doubled in the past 10 years, and peanut allergy is becoming apparent in Africa and Asia …

Background The prevalence of peanut allergy appears to have increased in recent decades.
Other than a family history of peanut allergy and the presence of atopy, there are no known …

Alessandro Fiocchi,(Chair), Jan Brozek, Holger Schünemann,(Chair), Sami L. Bahna,
Andrea von Berg, Kirsten Beyer, Martin Bozzola, Julia Bradsher, Enrico Compalati, Motohiro …

BACKGROUND: Despite guidelines recommending avoidance of peanuts during infancy in
the United Kingdom (UK), Australia, and, until recently, North America, peanut allergy (PA) …

The availability of allergen molecules ('components') from several protein families has
advanced our understanding of immunoglobulin E (IgE)‐mediated responses and enabled …

Background The age at which allergenic foods should be introduced into the diet of breast-
fed infants is uncertain. We evaluated whether the early introduction of allergenic foods in …

Anaphylaxis is a growing paediatric clinical emergency that is difficult to diagnose because
a consensus definition was lacking until recently. Many European countries have no specific …