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State of the art and new horizons in the diagnosis and management of egg allergy

A. H. Benhamou¹,
J.-C. Caubet²,
P. A. Eigenmann¹,
A. Nowak-We˛grzyn²,
C. P. Marcos³,
M. Reche³,
A. Urisu⁴

Article first published online: 12 NOV 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02251.x

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Allergy

Volume 65, Issue 3, pages 283–289, March 2010

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Benhamou, A. H., Caubet, J.-C., Eigenmann, P. A., Nowak-We˛grzyn, A., Marcos, C. P., Reche, M. and Urisu, A. (2010), State of the art and new horizons in the diagnosis and management of egg allergy. Allergy, 65: 283–289. doi: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02251.x

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Children’s Hospital, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
²
Pediatrics Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, New York City, NY, USA
³
Hospital Infanta Sofía, Servicio de Alergia, SSde los Reyes Madrid, Madrid, Spain
⁴
Department of Pediatrics, The Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University, Nagoya, Japan

^* P. A. Eigenmann, Children’s Hospital, Geneva University Hospitals, 6, rue Willy-Donze, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.

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