A retrospective analysis of allergic reaction severities and minimal eliciting doses for peanut, milk, egg, and soy oral food challenges

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 92-100

  Zhu, Jianmei ^a   Pouillot, Régis ^a   Kwegyir Afful, Ernest K ^a   Luccioli, Stefano ^a   Gendel, Steven M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Eliciting dose; Food allergen; Oral food challenges; Reaction severity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG ALLERGY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MILK ALLERGY; MINIMAL ELICITING DOSE; PEANUT ALLERGY; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOY ALLERGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATHOLOGY; SOY FOOD;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; EGG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOY FOODS;

EID: 84925684994     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2015.02.023     Document Type: Article

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