Effectiveness and safety of orally administered immunotherapy for food allergies: A systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-22

  Nurmatov, Ulugbek ^a   Devereux, Graham ^b   Worth, Allison ^a   Healy, Laura ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food allergies; Meta analyses; Oral immunotherapy; Sublingual immunotherapy; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PLACEBO; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG SAFETY; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; META ANALYSIS; ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; OROPHARYNGEAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRICK TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URTICARIA; ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LOW RISK PATIENT; ORALLY ADMINISTERED IMMUNOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ALLERGENS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891760688     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513002353     Document Type: Article

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