Identifying infants at high risk of peanut allergy: the Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) screening study

G Du Toit, G Roberts, PH Sayre, M Plaut… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Peanut allergy (PA) is rare in countries in which peanuts are introduced
early into infants' diets. Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) is an interventional
study aiming to assess whether PA can be prevented by oral tolerance induction.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to characterize a population screened for the risk of PA. METHODS:
Subjects screened for the LEAP interventional trial comprise the LEAP screening study
cohort. Infants were aged 4 to 10 months and passed a prescreening questionnaire …