Safety, clinical, and immunologic efficacy of a Chinese herbal medicine (Food Allergy Herbal Formula-2) for food allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 962-970.e1

  Wang, Julie ^a   Jones, Stacie M ^b   Pongracic, Jacqueline A ^c   Song, Ying ^a   Yang, Nan ^a   Sicherer, Scott H ^a   Makhija, Melanie M ^c   Robison, Rachel G ^c   Moshier, Erin ^a   Godbold, James ^a   Sampson, Hugh A ^a   Li, Xiu Min ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese herbal therapy; Food allergy; Food Allergy Herbal Formula 2; peanut allergy

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; FOOD ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGY HERBAL FORMULA 2; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGY HERBAL FORMULA-2; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BASOPHIL; CASHEW NUT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HAZELNUT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PECAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHARYNGITIS; PISTACHIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SESAME; SHELLFISH; SINUSITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALNUT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARACHIS; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SHELLFISH HYPERSENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARACHIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-5; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PLACEBOS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SHELLFISH HYPERSENSITIVITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943453415     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.04.029     Document Type: Article

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