Benefits of understanding allergen thresholds

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 399-400

  Luccioli, Stefano ^a   Kwegyir Afful, Ernest K ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

challenge; dose; Food allergen; risk; threshold

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ALLERGEN; ARA H 2 ALLERGEN, ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GLYCOPROTEIN; NAPIN; PLANT ANTIGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLERGEN THRESHOLD; ALLERGIC REACTION; DESENSITIZATION; EDITORIAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; BLOOD; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PEANUT; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY;

2S ALBUMINS, PLANT; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84905573966     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.05.007     Document Type: Editorial

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