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Dear Doctor: My 5-yearold nephew has a severe peanut allergy. It’s so bad that he can’t risk eating anything that isn’t prepared by the family. Even the highly supervised snack time at school isn’t safe. Now I’ve read about a new peanut allergy drug that is an oral immunotherapy. How does it work? Do you think it could help him?
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