Food allergy: Our evolving understanding of its pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Iweala, Onyinye I ^a   Wesley Burks, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha gal; Food allergy; Helminth; Microbiota; Peanut allergy; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG ALLERGY; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; MILK ALLERGY; NONHUMAN; ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SHELLFISH ALLERGY; SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY; SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; WHEAT ALLERGY; ANIMAL; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MEAT; MICROFLORA;

ANIMALS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MEAT; MICROBIOTA; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84988451704     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-016-0616-7     Document Type: Article

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