Nonallergen-specific treatments for food allergy.
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SUBMITTER: Lieberman JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4280662 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
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Nonallergen-specific treatments for food allergy.
Lieberman Jay A JA Wang Julie J
Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology 20120601 3
<h4>Purpose of review</h4>This review summarizes recent reports on nonallergen-specific therapies for food allergy. These therapies are especially appealing for food allergy because unlike allergen-specific immunotherapy, they would allow the treatment of multiple food allergies in a single patient with one therapy.<h4>Recent findings</h4>Chinese herbal therapy, anti-IgE, probiotics, engineered lactic acid bacteria, and helminth therapy are all examples of allergen nonspecific therapies that hav ...[more]
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