Oral Immunotherapy for Food Allergy - 27/11/15
Résumé |
Food allergy is a potentially life-threatening condition with no approved therapies, apart from avoidance and injectable epinephrine for acute allergic reactions. Oral immunotherapy (OIT) is an experimental treatment in which food-allergic patients consume gradually increasing quantities of the food to increase their threshold for allergic reaction. This therapy carries significant risk of allergic reactions. The ability of OIT to desensitize patients to particular foods is well-documented, although the ability to induce tolerance has not been established. This review focuses on recent studies for the treatment of food allergies such as cow’s milk, hen’s egg, and peanut.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Food allergy, Oral immunotherapy (OIT), Desensitization, Tolerance, Sustained unresponsiveness, Skin prick test (SPT), Immunoglobulin E (IgE), Omalizumab
Plan
Vol 36 - N° 1
P. 55-69 - février 2016 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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