An overreaction to food allergies. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

An overreaction to food allergies. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Newspaper/Magazine Article
 
• Published November 2015

An overreaction to food allergies.

Shell ER. Scientific American. October 20, 2015.

Reporting on how test inaccuracies can lead to misdiagnosis of food allergies in children and the potential consequences, this magazine article describes a diagnostic tool to detect allergies and a desensitization process to reduce incidence of allergies in children.

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