Evaluating the clinical relevance of food sensitivity tests: A single-subject experiment

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 198-207

  Herman, Patricia M ^a,b   Drost, Lisa M ^c  

^a Univ of AZ's Prog in Integr Med   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BANANA; BEVERAGE; CASE REPORT; COCONUT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LEMON; MACHINE; MEAT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRICK TEST; RASH; SHRIMP; SKIN TEST; SPICE; STOMACH PAIN; WHEAT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 3042597455     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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