TY - JOUR
T1 - Interventional Therapies for the Treatment of Food Allergy
AU - Parrish, Christopher P.
AU - Kim, Edwin H.
AU - Bird, J. Andrew
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - Treatment of IgE-mediated food allergies is limited to allergen avoidance and emergency treatment on accidental ingestion, which is not uncommon. In recent years, interest in interventional therapies to treat food allergy has increased significantly. Although oral, sublingual, and epicutaneous immunotherapy have shown promise in studies, none is approved as therapy for food allergy to date and questions remain regarding efficacy, safety, dosing, and duration of therapy.
AB - Treatment of IgE-mediated food allergies is limited to allergen avoidance and emergency treatment on accidental ingestion, which is not uncommon. In recent years, interest in interventional therapies to treat food allergy has increased significantly. Although oral, sublingual, and epicutaneous immunotherapy have shown promise in studies, none is approved as therapy for food allergy to date and questions remain regarding efficacy, safety, dosing, and duration of therapy.
KW - EPIT
KW - Epicutaneous immunotherapy
KW - Food allergy treatment
KW - IgE-mediated food allergy
KW - OIT
KW - Oral immunotherapy
KW - SLIT
KW - Sublingual immunotherapy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.iac.2017.09.006
DO - 10.1016/j.iac.2017.09.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29132676
AN - SCOPUS:85032219500
SN - 0889-8561
VL - 38
SP - 77
EP - 88
JO - Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America
JF - Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -