Food Allergy in Adults and Children

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 815-833

  Mahoney, Elizabeth J ^a   Veling, Maria C ^b   Mims, James W ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food allergy; IgE; Oral food challenge; Peanut allergy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE;

EID: 79957496409     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.03.014     Document Type: Review

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