Original broadcast date: May 31, 2009
How sensitive and specific are blood tests for food allergies? Are children’s diets being overly restricted on the basis of these tests? A study abstract published in the February 2009 edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology sought to answer these questions.
- Dr. David Fleischer, M.D., Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center and Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado, Denver
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How sensitive and specific are blood tests for food allergies? Are children’s diets being overly restricted on the basis of these tests? A study abstract published in the February 2009 edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology sought to answer these questions.
· Dr. David Fleischer, M.D., Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center and Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado, Denver