[Summary of the Dutch College of General Practitioners' practice guideline on food hypersensitivity]
Publication year
2011Source
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 155, 18, (2011), pp. A3063ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Primary and Community Care
Journal title
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
Volume
vol. 155
Issue
iss. 18
Page start
p. A3063
Page end
p. A3063
Subject
NCEBP 7: Effective primary care and public healthAbstract
October 2010 the Dutch College of General Practitioners issued a revised version of their previous practice guideline of 1995 on food hypersensitivity in infants. If patients suspect either themselves or their child of having a food allergy, this is usually not demonstrated in subsequent investigation. Wrongly prescribed elimination diets may have adverse effects. Examination of serum specific IgE levels has no place in the diagnosis of food allergy in general practice. An open elimination challenge is especially suitable in order to exclude a food allergy. A sure diagnosis of food allergy can only be made by a double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge. There are no proven effective measures that can prevent food allergy.
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