2.7 Ethics statement
This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from the parents; patient’s assent was also obtained at the time of oral food challenge test, including the use of stocked sera for research purposes. This current study, which used the stocked sera, was again approved by the institutional ethical committee at Aichi Children’s Health and Medical Center (#201669) and at Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences (#200).
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