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May 16, 2007
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AAP General News (Australia)
05-16-2007
Fed: Doctors mistakenly diagnose children w peanut allergy:study

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By Jane Bunce

CANBERRA, May 16 AAP - Hundreds of Australian parents may be worrying needlessly that
their children have a peanut allergy, because they may have been incorrectly diagnosed,
a new study finds.

Researchers have discovered that about one third of children who returned a positive
result in a skin-prick test were actually able to eat peanuts safely.

Sydney Children's Hospital immunologist and University of New South Wales researcher
Brynn Wainstein said the results show parents should not automatically accept a nut ...

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