How much is too much? Threshold dose distributions for 5 food allergens

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 964-971

  Ballmer Weber, Barbara K ^a   Fernandez Rivas, Montserrat ^b   Beyer, Kirsten ^c   Defernez, Marianne ^d   Sperrin, Matthew ^e   Mackie, Alan R ^d   Salt, Louise J ^d   Hourihane, Jonathan O'B ^f   Asero, Riccardo ^g   Belohlavkova, Simona ^h   Kowalski, Marek ⁱ   De Blay, Frédéric ^j   Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G ^k   Clausen, Michael ^l   Knulst, André C ^m   Roberts, Graham ⁿ   Popov, Ted ^o   Sprikkelman, Aline B ^p   Dubakiene, Ruta ^q   Vieths, Stefan ^r   Van Ree, Ronald ^s   Crevel, René ^t   Mills, E N Clare ^d,u   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^g San Carlo Clinical Institute   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^l LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^m UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^p ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^q VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^r PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^t UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

allergy; celeriac; EuroPrevall; fish; Food; hazelnut; peanut; shrimp; threshold

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO; ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD ALLERGY; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL ALLERGY SYNDROME; PEANUT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SHRIMP; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EUROPE; FOOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; CHILD; EUROPE; FOOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926252392     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.10.047     Document Type: Article

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