Application of oral food challenge in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal food allergy in the children
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2016.07.021
- VernacularTitle:食物激发试验在儿童消化道食物过敏诊断中的应用
- Author:
Qiao ZHANG
;
Zhongyue LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Oral food challenge;
Food allergy;
Gastrointestinal tract;
Diagnosis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2016;31(7):557-560
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Food allergy is a common illness in children,which is divided into IgE-mediated,non-IgE mediated and mixed-mediated food allergy.Gastrointestinal tract is the mainly affected organ,mostly mediated by non-IgE mechanism.Gastrointestinal food allergy are lack of unified diagnostic criteria currently,whose mechanism is also elusive.Moreover,the double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge is the gold standard for the diagnosis of food allergy.This review focuses on the procedure for the oral food challenge and its application in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal food allergy.
