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PCFC
(redirected from Placebo-Controlled Food Challenge)

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PCFCPolytechnics and Colleges Funding Council
PCFCParsons Child and Family Center (Albany, NY)
PCFCPost-Compaction Fault Coverage
PCFCPressure Compensated Flow Control (valve; mechanical engineering)
PCFCPacking Credit in Foreign Currency (India)
PCFCPacific Coast Feather Company
PCFCPlacebo-Controlled Food Challenge (allergy management/immunology)
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Hence, studies using these biomarkers ideally require confirmation of allergy with double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge trials.
Food allergens and food allergy--complex relationships and ... by Bennett, Louise E. / Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia
In some cases, the use of skin prick tests and double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge were felt to be inappropriate because of ethical concerns in the use of normal volunteers for the purposes of safety assessment.
Introduction: what are the issues in addressing the allergenic ... by Metcalfe, Dean D. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Skin prick testing to food allergens (17-19,22) or IgE levels specific to food allergens (21), as an indicator for food allergen sensitisation were performed in five of these trials, however food challenges to confirm the diagnosis of food allergy were only done in two studies (18,19), with only one using double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenges (18).
Treatment and prevention of food allergies in breastfed infants: ... by Makrides, Maria / Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia
 
 
 
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