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The three main allergy associations commissioned a practice parameter update on food allergy, diagnosis, and management. The 13-member task force considered results of impactful studies, guidelines, clinical reports, and meta-analyses. They graded each reference for overall strengths of recommendation (SOR) and level of evidence (LOE). Food allergy was defined as adverse health effects arising from specific immune responses occurring reproducibly on exposure to a given food. Some relevant summary statements for dermatologists were:
A high proportion of food allergy is caused by relatively few allergens (cow's milk, hen's egg, soy, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish). (SOR strong; LOE B)
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