Gastrointestinal food hypersensitivity: Symptoms, diagnosis and provocation tests

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-13

  Arslan Lied, Gülen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Double blind placebo controlled food challenge; Food allergy; Food hypersensitivity; Provocation tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KETOTIFEN; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ALLERGIC REACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

ALLERGENS; COLONOSCOPY; CYTOKINES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIET; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTROSCOPY; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOTRIENES; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; SKIN TESTS; TRYPTASES;

EID: 43549092409     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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