title: Prospects for the prevention of allergy in children.
abstract: Allergic diseases are major causes of morbidity in children of all ages. Although improved treatment modalities have been developed for many of the allergic diseases, others, such as food allergy, have no available treatment. It would obviously be ideal if some allergic disease could be prevented. Although this approach is still in its early stages of development, a number of very encouraging studies have emerged in recent years. These studies are the focus of this review.
authors.affiliation: CMSC 1102, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007223:Infant
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens