| Oral immunotherapy for food allergy. | |
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PMID: 20852423 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Food allergy is a difficult clinical problem for which no disease-modifying therapy currently exists. RECENT FINDINGS: The daily administration of graded allergen doses through oral immunotherapy (OIT) is one promising experimental approach to the development of a clinically available treatment. Although the concept of oral immunologic tolerance is not new, OIT as a treatment for food allergy is innovative. Over the last few years, several groups of investigators have begun to demonstrate safety and varying degrees of efficacy and immune modulation in uncontrolled pilot studies of OIT. Rigorously designed trials are currently underway and important unanswered questions remain. SUMMARY: OIT for food allergy holds promise for patients with food allergy but additional research is necessary before this approach is ready for clinical use. |
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Brian P Vickery; Wesley Burks |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Current opinion in pediatrics Volume: 22 ISSN: 1531-698X ISO Abbreviation: Curr. Opin. Pediatr. Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-05-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9000850 Medline TA: Curr Opin Pediatr Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 765-70 Citation Subset: IM |
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Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA. |
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