Pseudo-food allergy.
This article covers the background and general concepts pertaining to pseudo-allergy, the problems involved in reaching valid diagnoses of food allergy, the basics of the methodology of double-blind oral provocation, and the emotional, psychologic and recent sociologic factors particularly relevant to the inappropriate attribution of symptoms to allergy.
Pearson
D J
DJ
University of Manchester, England.
D000529:Complementary Therapies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004644:Emotions; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis