Double blind, placebo controlled food reactions do not correlate to IgE allergy in the diagnosis of staple food related gastrointestinal symptoms

Gut

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 130-135

  Bengtsson, U ^a,c   Nilsson Balknas U ^a   Hanson, L A ^a   Ahlstedt, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

challenge; food allergy; food intolerance; gastrointestinal

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030014658     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.1.130     Document Type: Article

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