Food hypersensitivity reactions visualised by ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging in a patient lacking systemic food-specific IgE

Digestion

Volumn 73, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 111-115

  Arslan, Gülen ^a,b,c   Lillestøl, Kristine ^a   Mulahasanovic, Arna ^c   Florvaag, Erik ^c   Berstad, Arnold ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Food hypersensitivity; Intestinal allergen provocation test; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; STOMACH BIOPSY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EGGS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33746589928     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094042     Document Type: Article

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