Management of food allergy: Vitamins, fatty acids or probiotics?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1305-1311

  Laitinen, Kirsi ^a   Isolauri, Erika ^a,b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Atopic disease; Diet; Fatty acids; Food allergy; Host microbe cross talk; Hygiene hypothesis; Intestinal microbiota; Nutrients; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CYTOKINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZINC;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG INHIBITION; FAT INTAKE; FOOD ALLERGY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; MACROMOLECULE; META ANALYSIS; MILK ALLERGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS; VITAMINS;

EID: 29244481968     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200512000-00007     Document Type: Review

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