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Feasibility of desensitizing children highly allergic to peanut by high-dose oral immunotherapy.

Tonje Reier-NilsenMerethe Melbye MichelsenKarin C Lødrup CarlsenKai-Håkon CarlsenPetter MowinckelUnni C NygaardEllen NamorkMagnus P BorresGeir Håland
Published in: Allergy (2018)
Although 75.5% of children with peanut anaphylaxis reached a maintenance dose of 0.25-5 g, only 21.1% reached the MMD. Distaste for peanuts and AEs, including high risk of anaphylaxis, limited the feasibility of reaching MMD.
Keyphrases
  • high dose
  • young adults