Food Allergy in Infancy and Childhood

Since the beginning of the century when HAMBURGER, SCHLOSS­ MANN, and MORO first described food allergy in infants being fed with cow's milk, this topic has been the subject of very con­ troversial discussions among pediatricians. The dispute is illus­ trated by markedly fluctuating incidence figures, ranging from denial of the disease to incidence rates up to one in ten infants. The explanation for the differing incidence figures lies in the lack of a single laboratory test which is simple...