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In an article reviewing the status of gastrointestinal allergy in the New England Journal of
Medicine in 1949, Ingelfinger et al 1 decried the reliance on patients'''incrimination''of
specific foods, outcome of trial diets, or association of abdominal complaints with symptoms
believed to be allergic in making the diagnosis of food allergy. These authors did not doubt
that food allergy existed but believed that the criteria used to diagnose food allergy were
unacceptable. They proposed the following criteria:(1) food should be given in capsules, by …
Medicine in 1949, Ingelfinger et al 1 decried the reliance on patients'''incrimination''of
specific foods, outcome of trial diets, or association of abdominal complaints with symptoms
believed to be allergic in making the diagnosis of food allergy. These authors did not doubt
that food allergy existed but believed that the criteria used to diagnose food allergy were
unacceptable. They proposed the following criteria:(1) food should be given in capsules, by …