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peanut allergy
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peanut allergy
Immunology A common cause of anaphylactic reactions which, unlike some allergies, is rarely outgrown; PA is the most common cause of food allergy in the US, and a leading cause of food-induced anaphylaxis and death after accidental exposure


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Munoz-Furlong (2006) posits that 600,000 children in the United States are allergic to peanuts and that the rate of young children diagnosed with peanut allergies has doubled since 1997.
The technique's trials have so far helped 20 children with severe peanut allergies overcome their life-threatening condition, reports The Telegraph.
Peanut allergies are among the most common and most dangerous food allergies.
 
 
 
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