Guidelines on the clinical usefulness of determination of specific immunoglobulin E to foods

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 423-432

  García Figueroa, Blanca E ^a   Gamboa, P M ^b   Asturias, J A ^c   Lopez Hoyos M ^d   Sanz, M L ^e  

^a Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^c Bial Aristegui   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Food allergy; Prognosis; Specific IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRICK TEST; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITOPES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SELECTION BIAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPAIN;

EID: 74849084406     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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