Prevalence and clinical features of adverse food reactions in Portuguese children.
Arminda JorgeElisa SoaresEmanuel SarinhoFelix LorenteJorge GamaLuís Taborda-BarataPublished in: Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2017)
The prevalence of probable food allergy in 3-11 year old Portuguese children from central Portugal is low and parents over-report its frequency. Most frequently implicated foods were fresh fruit and fish. Immediate type, polysymptomatic, and more severe reactions may commence at an earlier age and be more frequent in IgE-associated than in non-IgE associated reactions.