Clinical characteristics of soybean allergy in Europe: A double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1489-1496

  Ballmer Weber, Barbara K ^a   Holzhauser, Thomas ^b   Scibilia, Joseph ^c   Mittag, Diana ^a   Zisa, Guliana ^c   Ortolani, Claudio ^c   Oesterballe, Morten ^d   Poulsen, Lars K ^e   Vieths, Stefan ^b   Bindslev Jensen, Carsten ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

diagnosis; double blind; Food allergy; placebo controlled food challenge; soy allergens; soy allergy; threshold dose

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RHINITIS; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; SKIN TESTS; SOYBEANS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34249858758     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.01.049     Document Type: Article

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