Peanut allergy: Is maternal transmission of antigens during pregnancy and breastfeeding a risk factor

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-294

  Desroches, A ^a   Infante Rivard, C ^b   Paradis, L ^a   Paradis, J ^c   Haddad, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergy; Breastfeeding; Food; Peanut; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT ANTIGEN;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PEANUT; PEANUT ALLERGY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; URTICARIA; VOMITING; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, PLANT; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78049439332     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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