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2019-06-10

Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital's Allergy Centre New Desensitisation Treatment for Peanut Allergy is Effective and Safe

(Hong Kong, 10 June 2019) — A multi-year retrospective study since 2014 conducted by Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital’s Allergy Centre has continued to prove that the Desensitization Treatment for Peanut Allergic Patients with the use of a combination of anti-IgE with oral immunotherapy (OIT) is effective and safe. To date, 27 patients aged 6 to 16 years old have been treated with this combination therapy at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital’s Allergy Centre and the results are reported in the June 2019 issue of the Hong Kong Medical Journal.

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The research article “Peanut allergy and oral immunotherapy” was published in the latest issue of the Hong Kong Medical Journal. https://www.hkmj.org/abstracts/v25n3/228.htm