Testing for food reactions: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-198

  Mullin, Gerard E ^a   Swift, Kathie M ^b   Lipski, Liz ^c   Turnbull, Laura K ^d   Rampertab, S Devi ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Canyon Ranch Lenox MA   (United States)

^c Hawthorne University   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy and immunology; Food hypersensitivity; Food sensitivity; Immunoglobulin E; Immunoglobulin G; Skin tests

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LABORATORY TEST; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 77952560572     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533610362696     Document Type: Review

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