Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Food Allergies

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 389-405

  Wolfe, Jaime Liou ^a   Aceves, Seema S ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy testing; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Eosinophilic gastroenteritis; Food allergy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR3; CORTICOSTEROID; EOTAXIN 3; FLUTICASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 13 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 5 ANTIBODY; MERCAPTOPURINE; MONTELUKAST; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ALLERGY TEST; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ENTEROCOLITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD PROTEIN INDUCED ENTEROCOLITIS SYNDROME; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRICK TEST; PROCTOCOLITIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ANAPHYLAXIS; CHILD; ENTEROCOLITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 79953124587     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2011.02.001     Document Type: Review

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