Blood allergy testing overrestricts children's diets

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

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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