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AND THE ANSWERS ARE . . .

  1. Allergy to milk in childhood is more likely to be outgrown than is allergy to peanut.
    True
  2. An allergic reaction to conformational epitopes of milk in childhood is more likely to persist into adolescence than is an allergy to a linear epitope in milk,
    False
  3. The level of IgE antibodies against a food detected by a RAST type can help predict the likelihood that the FA will persist past childhood.
    True
  4. The immunologic cross-reactivity between certain pollens and foods is not pathogenically relevant in humans.
    False
  5. Cooking a food will almost always render it non-allergenic.
    False


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