Food allergy diagnosis and therapy: where are we now?
Immunotherapy
; 5(9): 931-44, 2013 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23998729
ABSTRACT
Food allergy is a growing worldwide epidemic that adversely effects up to 10% of the population. Causes and risk factors remain unclear and diagnostic methods are imprecise. There is currently no accepted treatment for food allergy. Therefore, there is an imminent need for greater understanding of food allergies, revised diagnostics and development of safe, effective therapies. Oral immunotherapy provides a particularly promising avenue, but is still highly experimental and not ready for clinical use.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Food Hypersensitivity
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Immunotherapy
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Immunotherapy
Journal subject:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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TERAPEUTICA
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States