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The limited clinical relevance and potential risks associated with the diagnosis of histamine intolerance in children: a position statement of the Food Allergy Section of the Polish Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Pediatric Section of the Polish Society of Allergology

Andrea Horvath
1
,
Agata Stróżyk
1
,
Adam Sybilski
2, 3
,
Małgorzata Frajberg
4
,
Elżbieta Jarocka-Cyrta
5
,
Piotr Dziechciarz
6
,
Katarzyna Plata-Nazar
7
,
Agnieszka Krauze
8
,
Łukasz Błażowski
9

  1. Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
  2. Department of Pediatrics and Allergology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Warsaw, Poland
  3. 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
  4. PRIMA Specialist Outpatient Clinic, Warsaw, Poland
  5. Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University of Warmia and Mazury, Children’s Specialist Hospital, Olsztyn, Poland
  6. Department of Research Methodology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
  7. Department and Clinic of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Allergology and Child Nutrition, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
  8. City Clinic, Warsaw, Poland
  9. Collegium Medicum, University of Rzeszow, Poland
Alergologia Polska – Polish Journal of Allergology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pja.2026.161657
Online publish date: 2026/05/12
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