Beyond oral food challenges: Improved modalities to diagnose food hypersensitivity disorders

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-188

  Sicherer, Scott H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CROSS REACTIONS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0037712987     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130832-200306000-00006     Document Type: Editorial

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