What's new in the diagnosis and management of food allergy in children?

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|    Asia Pac Allergy. 2013 Apr;3(2):88-95. English. Published online 2013 April 26.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5415/apallergy.2013.3.2.88  Copyright © 2013. Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology. What's new in the diagnosis and management of food allergy in children? Paul J Turner,1,2 and Dianne E Campbell2,3 1Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom. 2Discipline of Paediatric and Child Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. 3Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia.  Correspondence: Dianne E Campbell. Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Level 3, Children's Hospital Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia. Tel: +61-2-9845-3420, Fax: +61-2-9845-3389, Email:Diannec3@chw.edu.au  Received March 09, 2013; Accepted March 17, 2013. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract This article reviews the recent advances in the diagnosis and management of IgE mediated food allergy in children. It will encompass the emerging technology of component testing; moves to standardization of the allergy food challenge; permissive diets which allow for inclusion of extensively heated food allergens with allergen avoidance; and strategies for accelerating tolerance and food desensitization including the use of adjuvants for specific tolerance induction. Keywords: Child, Food, Allergy, Diagnosis.