Differentiating food allergies from food intolerances

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 426-434

  Guandalini, Stefano ^a   Newland, Catherine ^a  

^a University of Chicago Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Eosinophilic gastroenteritis; Food allergy; Food intolerance; Food sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; GLUTEN; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STEROID;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CELIAC DISEASE; CRUSTACEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG; ENTEROCOLITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROTEIN INDUCED ENTEROCOLITIS; FOOD PROTEIN INDUCED PROCTOCOLITIS; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MILK; NORTH AMERICA; NUT; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PEANUT; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHELLFISH; SOYBEAN; UNITED STATES; WEANING; WHEAT;

FOOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

EID: 80755133372     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: 1534312X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-011-0215-7     Document Type: Review

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