Basophil activation test: food challenge in a test tube or specialist research tool?
Basophil activation test: food challenge in a test tube or specialist research tool?
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London: BioMed Central
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Oral food challenge (OFC) is the gold‐standard to diagnose food allergy; however, it is a labour and resource‐intensive procedure with the risk of causing an acute allergic reaction, which is potentially severe. Therefore, OFC are reserved for cases where the clinical history and the results of skin prick test and/or specific IgE do not confirm or...
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Basophil activation test: food challenge in a test tube or specialist research tool?
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4791855
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4791855
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2045-7022
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2045-7022
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10.1186/s13601-016-0098-7
