The effect of gastric digestion on food allergy

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 214-219

  Untersmayr, Eva ^a   Jensen Jarolim, Erika ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergens; Digestion; Food allergy; Food safety; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIULCER AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; STOMACH FUNCTION; STOMACH PH; STOMACH ULCER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH;

ALLERGENS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; DYSPEPSIA; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; STOMACH;

EID: 33745541316     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.all.0000225163.06016.93     Document Type: Review

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