Laboratory tests for diagnosis of food allergy: Advantages, disadvantages and future perspectives

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 113-119

  Moneret Vautrin, D A ^a   Kanny, G ^a   Fremont S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

BAT; CAST; Chemical mediators; Decision tree; Diagnosis; Food allergy; In vitro cross reactivity; Laboratory tests; Predictive positive value; Prick test; Rast inhibition; Recombinant allergens; Specific IgEs; Specific IgG4

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LACTULOSE; LATEX; LEUKOTRIENE C4; MANNITOL; TRYPTASE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PROGNOSIS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS REACTIONS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; INFANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0038296078     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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