Testing children for allergies: why, how, who and when
- 18 March 2013
- journal article
- practice guideline
- Published by Wiley in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Vol. 24 (2), 195-209
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pai.12066
Abstract
Allergic diseases are common in childhood and can cause a significant morbidity and impaired quality-of-life of the children and their families. Adequate allergy testing is the prerequisite for optimal care, including allergen avoidance, pharmacotherapy and immunotherapy. Children with persisting or recurrent or severe symptoms suggestive for allergy should undergo an appropriate diagnostic work-up, irrespective of their age. Adequate allergy testing may also allow defining allergic trigger in common symptoms. We provide here evidence-based guidance on when and how to test for allergy in children based on common presenting symptoms suggestive of allergic diseasesThis publication has 136 references indexed in Scilit:
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