Specific oral tolerance induction in food allergic children: Is oral desensitisation more effective than allergen avoidance? A meta-analysis of published RCTs

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-264

  Fisher, Helen R ^a   Du Toit, G ^a   Lack, G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; EGG PROTEIN; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MILK PROTEIN; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DESENSITIZATION; DIET RESTRICTION; ECZEMA; EGG ALLERGY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MILK ALLERGY; ORAL PRURITUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIFIC ORAL TOLERANCE INDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79951613680     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.172460     Document Type: Article

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