Food allergy / [edited by] John M. James, Wesley Burks, Philippe Eigenmann.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier Saunders, 2012.
Description
xiii, 309 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Overview of mucosal immunity and development of oral tolerance
    • Food antigens
    • Epidemiology of food allergy
    • Clinical overview of adverse reactions to foods
    • Atopic dermatitis and food allergy
    • Food-induced urticaria and angioedema
    • Pollen-food syndrome
    • Respiratory tract and food allergy
    • Food-induced anaphylaxis and food associated exercise-induced anaphylaxis
    • Eosinophilic gastroenteropathies (eosinophilic esophagitis, eosinophilic gastroenteritis and eosinophilic colitis)
    • Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, food protein-induced enteropathy, proctocolitis, and infantile colic
    • Approach to the clinical diagnosis of food allergy
    • In vivo and in vitro diagnostic methods in the evaluation of food allergy
    • Oral food challenge procedures
    • Management of food allergy and development of an anaphylaxis treatment plan
    • Patient education and empowerment
    • Future therapies for food allergies
    • Natural history and prevention of food allergy
    • Diets and nutrition: cross-reacting food allergens
    • Diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas: adverse reactions to food additives, pharmacologic food reactions, psychological considerations related to food ingestion.
    ISBN
    • 9781437719925
    • 1437719929
    LCCN
    2011292212
    OCLC
    751823081
    RCP
    C - S
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