Colonic Lymphoid Nodular Hyperplasia in Children: Relationship to Food Hypersensitivity

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-366

  Iacono, Giuseppe ^a   Ravelli, Alberto ^b   Di Prima, Lidia ^c   Scalici, Calogero ^a   Bolognini, Stefania ^b   Chiappa, Sara ^b   Pirrone, Giuseppe ^c   Licastri, Giuseppina ^a   Carroccio, Antonio ^c  

^a Di Cristina Hospital   (Italy)

^b University Department of Pediatrics   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY TEST; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD; COLON BIOPSY; COLON DISEASE; COLON LYMPHOID NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK ALLERGY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRICK TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33947126004     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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