Mechanisms in adverse reactions to food. The lung.
A positive food challenge doesn't imply that there is an IgE mediated allergy but implies the patient is intolerant to certain foods. If specific IgE and/or prick test to a specific food-stuff is positive, an IgE-mediated mechanism is likely to be involved but a proportion of patients with IgE to foods do not present any symptom when ingesting the food.
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Clinique des Maladies Respiratoires, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Montpellier, France.
D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans