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Peanut allergy is a significant health problem because of the potential severity of the allergic reaction, the life-long nature of the allergic hypersensitivity, and the ubiquitous use of peanut products. Milk, eggs, and peanuts are three foods which cause over 80% of food hypersensitivity reactions in children (1,2). Unlike the food hypersensitivity reactions to milk and eggs, peanut hypersensitivity reactions usually persists into adulthood and last for a lifetime (3). Despite the prevalence of peanut hypersensitivity reactions and several fatalities annually, the identification of the clinically relevant antigens is incomplete and an understanding of the immunobiology of peanut hypersensitivity is very limited (4—6).
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Stanley, J.S., Helm, R.M., Cockrell, G., Burks, A.W., Bannon, G.A. (1996). Peanut Hypersensitivity. In: Sehon, A., HayGlass, K.T., Kraft, D. (eds) New Horizons in Allergy Immunotherapy. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 409. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5855-2_28
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