Montelukast therapy in asthmatic children with and without food
allergy
Umit Murat Sahiner1*, Ebru Arik
Yilmaz1*, Sara Fontanella2, Sadia
Haider2, Ozge Soyer1, Adnan
Custovic2, Omer Kalayci1, Cansin
Sackesen1,3
*Equal contribution
1 Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Division of
Pediatric Allergy, Ankara, Turkey
2 National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College
London, UK
3 Koc University School of Medicine, Division of
Pediatric Allergy, Istanbul Tukey
Running Title: Montelukast in asthma and food allergy
Funding Source: The study drugs, placebos and laboratory kits
were provided by Merck Sharpe and Dohme Company. The protocol was
developed by the corresponding author Prof Cansin Sackesen and reviewed
by Merck Sharpe and Dohme Company. However, there is no contribution of
Merck Sharpe and Dohme Company to the results and discussion of the
article.
Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflicts of
interest in relation to this study.