Oral immunotherapy in clinical practice
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Introduction Food avoidance is still considered the gold-standard treatment for food allergy (FA). However, recently it has been consolidating the theory that, where possible, the food intake might facilitate the induction of desensitization and tolerance, resulting more effective and safer -if we consider the possibility of accidental ingestionthan a strict avoidance diet [1]. Furthermore, specific oral immunotherapy (OIT) is the unique active treatment for IgE-mediated FAs [1].
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