Ethical Considerations
This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki
and was approved by the institutional ethical board of Aichi Children’s
Health and Medical Center (No. 2017001). All EPTs were performed after
obtaining written informed consent of the parents and informed consent
of the patients, including the permission to use the results for this
retrospective research. Slow OIT was also conducted after obtaining
approval from the ethical board (No. 2012043 and 201427) and informed
consent of the parents and patients.