Food allergy : adverse reactions to foods and food additives / edited by Dean D. Metcalfe, Hugh A. Sampson, Ronald A. Simon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Metcalfe, Dean D.

Sampson, Hugh A.

Simon, Ronald A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food allergy.

Food additives--Health aspects.

Food additives.

Food Hypersensitivity.

Food Additives--adverse effects.

Medical Subjects:

Food Hypersensitivity.

Food Additives--adverse effects.

Physical Description:

xv, 613 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

Contents:

pt. 1: Adverse reactions to food antigens: basic science. Mucosal immunity / Shradha Agarwal, Lloyd Mayer

The immunological basis of IgE-mediated reactions / Gernot Sellge and Stephan C. Bischoff

The immunologic basis of non-IgE-mediated reactions / Ashraf Uzzaman and Hirsh D. Komarow

Food allergens: molecular and immunological characteristics / Heimo Breiteneder and E.N. Clare Mills

Biotechnology and genetic engineering / Gary A. Bannon ... [et al.]

Food allergen thresholds of reactivity / Steve L. Taylor and Jonathan O'B. Hourihane

Development of immunological tolerance to food antigens / Bengt Björkstén

pt. 2: Adverse reactions to food antigens: clinical science. The spectrum of allergic reactions to foods / Stacie M. Jones and A. Wesley Burks

Eczema and food hypersensitivity / David M. Fleischer, Donald Y.M. Leung

Other IgE- and non-IgE-mediated reactions of the skin / Carsten Bindslev-Jensen and Morten Osterballe

Oral allergy syndrome / Julie Wang

The respiratory tract and food hypersensitivity / Philippe A. Eigenmann and John M. James

Anaphylaxis and food allergy / Hugh A. Sampson

Infantile colic and food allergy / Ralf G. Heine, David J. Hill, and Clifford S. Hosking

Eosinophilic esophagitis, gastroenteritis, and colitis / James P. Franciosi, Jonathan E. Markowitz, and Chris A. Liacouras

Food protein-induced enterocolitis and enteropathies / Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn

Gluten-sensitive enteropathy / Alberto Rubio-Tapia and Joseph A. Murray

Occupational reactions to food allergens / Maxcie Sikora ... [et al.]

pt. 3: Adverse reactions to foods: diagnosis. In vitro diagnostic methods in the evaluation of food hypersensitivity / Staffan Ahlstedt, Lars Söderström, and Anita Kober

In vivo diagnosis: skin testing and challenge procedures / Scott H. Sicherer

IgE tests: in vitro diagnosis / Kirsten Beyer

Atopy patch testing / Bodo Niggemann

Elimination diets and oral food challenges / Scott H. Sicherer

General approach to diagnosis: IgE- and non-IgE- mediated reactions / S. Allan Bock and Hugh A. Sampson

Hidden and cross-reacting food allergens / Scott H. Sicherer

Controversial practices and unproven methods in allergy / Jennifer A. Namazy and Ronald A. Simon

pt. 4: Adverse reactions to food additives. Asthma and food additives / Robert K. Bush and Michelle M. Montalbano

Urticaria, angioedema, and anaphylaxis provoked by food and drug additives / John V. Bosso and Ronald A. Simon

Sulfites / Steve L. Taylor, Robert K. Bush, and Julie A. Nordlee

Monosodium glutamate / Katharine M. Woessner

Tartrazine, azo, and non-azo dyes / Donald D. Stevenson

Adverse reactions to the antioxidants butylated hydroxyanisole and butylated hydroxytoluene / Richard W. Weber

Adverse reactions to benzoates and parabens / John M. Fahrenholz and Keegan M. Smith

Food colorings and flavors / Matthew Greenhawt and James L. Baldwin

pt. 5: Contemporary topics in adverse reactions to foods. Pharmacologic food reactions / Robert W. Keeton Jr., James L. Baldwin, and Andrew M. Singer

The management of food allergy / Anne Muñoz-Furlong and Hugh A. Sampson

The natural history of food allergy / Robert A. Wood

Prevention of food allergy / Gideon Lack and George Du Toit

Diets and nutrition / Marion Groetch

Food toxicology / Steve L. Taylor

Seafood toxins / Soheil Chegini and Dean D. Metcalfe

Neurological reactions to foods and food additives / Richard W. Weber

Experimental approaches to the study of food allergy / M. Cecilia Berin

Food allergy: psychological considerations / Lourdes B. de Asis and Ronald A. Simon

Foods and rheumatologic diseases / Lisa K. Stamp and Leslie G. Cleland

Therapeutic approaches under development / Miae Oh, Hugh A. Sampson, and Xiu-Min Li

Food-dependent exercise- and pressure-induced syndromes / Adam N. Williams and Ronald A. Simon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781405151290

1405151293

OCLC:

170955228

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