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