Oral food desensitization in children with IgE-mediated hen's egg allergy: A new protocol with raw hen's egg

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-83

  Meglio, Paolo ^a   Giampietro, Paolo G ^a   Carello, Rossella ^a   Gabriele, Ida ^a   Avitabile, Simona ^a   Galli, Elena ^a  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Egg immunotherapy; Food allergy; Hen's egg allergy; Oral food desensitization; Oral immunotherapy; Specific oral tolerance induction; Therapy of food allergy; Therapy of hen's egg allergy

Indexed keywords

EGG PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EGG ALLERGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EGG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EGG PROTEINS; EGGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872648315     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2012.01341.x     Document Type: Article

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