Division of Allergy and Immunology at the Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
An increase in the incidence of anaphylaxis in the industrialised world has been suggested by recent studies (Yocum et al, 1999; Decker et al, 2008; Simons and Sampson, 2008; Rudders et al, 2010). A...