Prevalence of strawberry allergy in Bosnian children and management
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Methods and materials The sample included 40 primary care pediatricians from Sarajevo during last ten years 2000-2010; 95% of the respondents reported providing care for strawberry allergic children patients. The specific criteria used to diagnose food allergy may therefore have a significant impact on the results of these studies, especially those used to measure the prevalence of strawberry allergy. The allergen was indentified using blood serum from children patients experiencing adverse reactions to strawberry.
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