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Food Allergy (cont.)

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Author: Jatinder Singh, MD
Coauthor: Mark Clark, MD
Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

REFERENCE:

Sicherer, Scott H., et al. Food Allergies." Medscape. 7 Mar. 2012.

Previous contributing editors: Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; James S Cohen, MD, Consulting Staff, James Cohen, PC.


Last Editorial Review: 9/7/2012

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