Predictive value of specific IgE for clinical peanut allergy in children: relationship with eczema, asthma, and setting (primary or secondary care)

Table 1 Criteria for diagnosis or exclusion of clinical peanut allergy [[14]]

Peanut allergy	Reproducible, objective symptoms (vomiting, urticaria/angio-oedema, wheeze, anaphylaxis), within a plausible timeframe after recent exposure to a relevant quantity of peanut; and never experiencing these symptoms without eating peanut
Possible peanut allergy	- No reported exposure to a relevant quantity of peanut
	- Exclusively subjective symptoms
	- Not clearly reproducible symptoms
No peanut allergy	- Objective symptoms without a clear and consistent relationship to reported peanut exposure, or
	- Reported recent exposure to to a relevant quantity of peanut without reproducible symptoms, and
	- Another plausible cause for the patient’s symptoms

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