New perspectives on the screening of food allergy.
Diagnosis of adverse reactions to foods is made after clinical history, elimination diet, skin prick and RAST tests, and double blind placebo-controlled oral challenge. These procedures are time-consuming and require strong patients' motivation. Detection of reactions other than IgE-mediated, and in vitro screening for several foods in the frontier for current studies on adverse reactions to food, and the challenge for the next decade.
Paganelli
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Fanales-Belasio
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Samolewska
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D000328:Adult; D004798:Enzymes / Q000172:deficiency; D005260:Female; D005502:Food / Q000009:adverse effects; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D007223:Infant; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests
D004798:Enzymes