aInserm U-724, Faculté de Médecine, University of Nancy-Henri Poincaré and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Nutrition and Metabolism, University Hospital, Nancy-Vandoeuvre, France
bDepartment of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, UCSC-Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome
cIRCCS Oasi Maria S.S., Troina, Italy
Correspondence and requests for reprints to Jean-Louis Guéant, Inserm U-724, Faculté de Médecine, University of Nancy-Henri Poincaré and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Nutrition and Metabolism, University Hospital, BP 184, F-54505, Nancy-Vandoeuvre, France.
Tel: +33383154484; fax: +33383153591; e-mail: [email protected]
Sponsorship: Funding was obtained from MURST, (Italian) Ministry for University, Scientific and Technological Research, and MENRT, (French) Ministry for National Education, Research and Technology. The Italian funding was dedicated to performing the skin testing and challenges, while the French was devoted to biological and statistical analyses.
Received 12 December 2005 Accepted 16 May 2006
*These authors contributed equally.
