Allergy prevention by breastfeeding: Possible mechanisms and evidence from human cohorts

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 427-433

  Munblit, Daniel ^a,b,c   Verhasselt, Valérie ^c,d,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Network of the World Universities Network   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d I M SECHENOV FIRST MOSCOW STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast Milk; Oligosaccharides; Oral Tolerance; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ALLERGY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL OUTCOME; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; ANIMAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NEWBORN;

ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIOTA; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 84981723023     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000303     Document Type: Review

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