The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
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J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. · Jan 2007
Randomized Controlled TrialEgg oral immunotherapy in nonanaphylactic children with egg allergy.
There is no current active treatment for food allergy. Traditional injection immunotherapy has been proved unsafe, and thus there is a need for other forms of immunotherapy. ⋯ Use of allergen-specific OIT to protect subjects with food allergy from reaction on accidental ingestion would represent a significant paradigm change in the treatment of food allergy.