Abstract

PE Martin, JK Eckert, JJ Koplin, et al. Clin Exp Allergy. 2014;45(1)255–265 To characterize the risk of challenge-proven food allergy among infants with eczema in the general population. Infants were recruited from the general population at their immunization sessions in Melbourne, Australia. Recruitment took place between September 2007 and August 2011, and all infants were 11 to 15 months of age; 7134 infants were eligible for study, 5276 (74%) agreed to participate, and 4453 met criteria to be used in final study analysis. One-year-old infants were examined for eczema on the face, back, and elbows by a trained nurse and underwent skin prick testing to peanut, egg, and sesame. Those with any detectable wheal to 1 …

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