Oral food challenges in a specialized allergy outpatient clinic in São Paulo, Brazil
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Methods A retrospective study of chart analysis of 171 patients undergone to 220 OFC, between June/2007 and Feb/ 2014. Food tests comprised CM, egg, soy, peanuts, nuts, seafood, meat, chicken, tartrazine, chocolate, wheat and coconut. Patients were evaluated according to the type of CM’s challenge (open or double-blind placebocontrolled), aim of the procedure (diagnosis or follow up tolerance), symptoms, body mass index, time of breastfeeding, age at first reaction, family history of food allergy, presence of other atopic diseases (asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis) and skin prick test.
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