Template:Did you know nominations/Egg allergy


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:07, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Egg allergy

 * ... that ....people with Egg allergy to chicken eggs may also be allergic to goose, duck and turkey eggs? ref #1 Caubet 2011
 * ALT1:... that ....more than two-thirds of children with egg allergy will outgrow it by the time they are 16 years old? ref 13: Hasan 2013
 * Reviewed: This is my first nomination. But reviewing Template:Did you know nominations/West African bichir anyway

Improved to Good Article status by David notMD (talk). Self-nominated at 17:03, 12 November 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg GA: yup, no obvious copyvio, I'd go for ALT1 as the ALT0 hook is a touch repetitive and a bit "meh" while the ALT1 hook is interesting. Only caveat is that the various studies mentioned all have different results, and only one seems to use the "outgrow" phrase (so the hook may need to reflect that it's one study).  Also, the "outgrow" seems a little absolute here, the text in the article caveats it to " tolerate eggs as an ingredient in baked goods and well-cooked eggs sooner than under-cooked eggs" as opposed to outright "outgrowing" an allergy.  So we may need to tweak this a little so it doesn't fall foul of the magnifying glasses used by some at DYK.  Or go for a rephrased ALT0 which doesn't capitalise Egg and doesn't use "egg" three times in one sentence?  The Rambling Man (talk) 12:26, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I also prefer ALT1. Text of the Prognosis section revised to separate the two parts of that sentence. The second part was not contradicting or qualifying the first. Rather, it meant that more than 2/3 resolve, and of those that do, faster for those who were not sensitive to cooked eggs. The reason is that cooking degrades the three-dimensional structure of some proteins, which reduces allergenicity. Reactions to cooked eggs and eggs in baked goods more likely to the amino acid sequences of proteins, which can also resolve, but slower. In medical articles, reviews (Hasan) are strongly preferred over individual trials; the second and third refs in the section are there to give an idea of rate of development of tolerance, but do not contradict the review, which is the article using term "outgrow" and the article on which "more than two-thirds" rests. David notMD (talk) 14:13, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Ok, understood I think, so we'll go with ALT1, good work. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:32, 14 November 2017 (UTC)