Food Allergy in Infancy and Childhood

Since the beginning of the century when HAMBURGER, SCHLOSS­ MANN, and MORO first described food allergy in infants being fed with cow''s milk, this topic has been the subject of very con­ troversial discussions among pediatricians. The dispute is illus­ trated by markedly fluctuating incidence figures, ranging from denial of the disease to incidence rates up to one in ten infants. The explanation ...