Prevalence of food allergy in prescholl children
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چکیده
Methods This is an observational study that enrolled children from 24 to 59 months in municipal daycare centers from Uberlândia. A self-administered questionnaire that was used to evaluate the prevalence of food allergy related by parents; subsequently, children with a suspecting food allergy were invited to a clinical and laboratory evaluation, in order to know the real prevalence of food allergy.
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دوره 8 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015