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. 2020 Nov:31 Suppl 26:39-42.
doi: 10.1111/pai.13359.

Epidemiology of rare allergic diseases in children

Francesca Mori  1 , Simona Barni  1 , Francesca Saretta  2 , Riccardo Castagnoli  3 , Stefania Arasi  4 , Carla Mastrorilli  5   6 , Luca Pecoraro  7   8 , Lucia Liotti  9 , Lucia Caminiti  10 , Mattia Giovannini  1 , Elio Novembre  1 ; from the Rare Allergic Diseases Commission of the Italian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
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Epidemiology of rare allergic diseases in children

Francesca Mori et al. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

Allergic diseases have different frequencies. In particular, allergic rhinitis and asthma have high frequencies of about 20% and 10%, respectively. Other allergic diseases have lower frequencies; for example, food allergy has a frequency of 1%-4%. There are also rare allergic diseases, with a prevalence of 5 cases per 10 000 people in the general population, and they are included in Orphanet. However, other extremely rare allergic diseases still need to be properly known in order to be possibly recognized as rare diseases and cataloged in Orphanet.

Keywords: Orphanet; eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases; pediatrics; rare allergic diseases; severe cutaneous adverse reactions.

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