Protocol for a systematic review of the diagnostic test accuracy of tests for IgE-mediated food allergy
Jon Genuneit1, Sashini Jayasinghe2, Carmen Riggioni3, Rachel L. Peters4,5, Derek K. Chu6, Daniel Munblit7,8, Robert J. Boyle8, George Du Toit2,9,10, Isabel Skypala11, Alexandra F. Santos2,9,10,12 on behalf of the EAACI Food Allergy Guidelines Expert Group and the EAACI Research and Outreach Committee Food Allergy Group*
1Pediatric Epidemiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
2Department of Women and Children’s Health, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK
3Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
4Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
5Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
6Department of Medicine and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, McMaster University, Canada
7Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Child’s Health, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
8Inflammation, Repair and Development Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
9Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
10Children’s Allergy Service, Evelina London, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK
11Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
12Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, London, UK