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How often do you find a food allergy on a skin test in an EoE patient that when avoided will result in significant resolution of EoE?

Are your results different in adults whereby a particular trigger is often found and very helpful versus in children?
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Allergy & Immunology · Penn State College of Medicine
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I do not skin test for food allergies when seeing a pediatric patient with EoE unless they have symptoms consistent with IgE mediated food allergy. My approach is to discuss different treatment options including dupilumab, swallowed steroids, and diet therapy (assuming the patient has already been t...

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