Early exposure to cow's milk protein is protective against IgE-mediated cow's milk protein allergy

Y Katz, N Rajuan, MR Goldberg, E Eisenberg… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The diversity in the perceived prevalence, recovery, and risk factors for
cow's milk allergy (CMA) necessitated a large-scale, population-based prospective study.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the prevalence, cross-reactivity with soy allergy, and
risk factors for the development of CMA. METHODS: In a prospective study the feeding
history of 13,019 infants was obtained by means of telephone interview (95.8%) or
questionnaire (4.2%). Infants with probable adverse reactions to milk were examined, skin …