Avoidance or exposure to foods in prevention and treatment of food allergy?

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-266

  Prescott, Susan L ^a   Bouygue, Gabriel R ^b   Videky, Diane ^a   Fiocchi, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complementary feeding; Desensitisation; Food allergy; Oral immunotherapy; Tolerance and prevention

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COOKING; DESENSITIZATION; DIET RESTRICTION; EGG ALLERGY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; CHILD; DIETARY PROTEINS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; INFANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77951824877     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328339ab25     Document Type: Review

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