Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Additional Authors

• Metcalfe, Dean D.
• Sampson, Hugh A.
• Simon, Ronald A.

Description

xv, 613 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

• Food Additives > adverse effects
• Food additives > Health aspects
• Food Hypersensitivity
• Food allergy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Adverse Reactions to Food Antigens: Basic Science -- 1. Mucosal Immunity / Shradha Agarwal and Lloyd Mayer -- 2. The Immunological Basis of IgE-Mediated Reactions / Gernot Sellge and Stephan C. Bischoff -- 3. The Immunologic Basis of Non-IgB-Mediated Reactions / Ashraf Uzzaman and Hirsh D. Komarow -- 4. Food Allergens: Molecular and Immunological Characteristics / Heimo Breiteneder and E. N. Clare Mills -- 5. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering / Gary A. Bannon, James D. Astwood, Raymond C. Dobert and Roy L. Fuchs -- 6. Food Allergen Thresholds of Reactivity / Steve L. Taylor and Jonathan O'B. Hourihane -- 7. Development of Immunological Tolerance to Food Antigens / Bengt Bjorksten -- Pt. 2. Adverse Reactions to Food Antigens: Clinical Science -- 8. The Spectrum of Allergic Reactions to Foods / Stacie M. Jones and A. Wesley Burks -- 9. Eczema and Food Hypersensitivity / David M. Fleischer and Donald Y. M. Leung -- 10. Other IgE- and Non-IgE-Mediated Reactions of the Skin / Carsten Bindslev-Jensen and Morten Osterballe -- 11. Oral Allergy Syndrome / Julie Wang -- 12. The Respiratory Tract and Food Hypersensitivity / Philippe A. Eigenmann and John M. James -- 13. Anaphylaxis and Food Allergy / Hugh A. Sampson -- 14. Infantile Colic and Food Allergy / Ralf G. Heine, David J. Hill and Clifford S. Hosking -- 15. Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis, and Colitis / James P. Franciosi, Jonathan E. Markowitz and Chris A. Liacouras -- 16. Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis and Enteropathies / Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn -- 17. Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy / Alberto Rubio-Tapia and Joseph A. Murray -- 18. Occupational Reactions to Pood Allergens / Maxcie Sikora, Andre Cartier, Matthew Aresery, Laurianne Wild and Samuel B. Lehrer -- Pt. 3. Adverse Reactions to Foods: Diagnosis -- 19. In Vitro Diagnostic Methods in the Evaluation of Food Hypersensitivity / Staffan Ahlstedt, Lars Soderstrom and Anita Kober -- 20. In Vivo Diagnosis: Skin Testing and Challenge Procedures / Scott H. Sicherer -- 21. IgE Tests: In Vitro Diagnosis / Kirsten Beyer -- 22. Atopy Patch Testing / Bodo Niggemann -- 23. Elimination Diets and Oral Food Challenges / Scott H. Sicherer -- 24. General Approach to Diagnosis: IgE- and Non-IgE-Mediated Reactions / S. Allan Bock and Hugh A. Sampson -- 25. Hidden and Cross-Reacting Food Allergens / Scott H. Sicherer -- 26. Controversial Practices and Unproven Methods in Allergy / Jennifer A. Namazy and Ronald A. Simon -- Pt. 4. Adverse Reactions to Food Additives -- 27. Asthma and Food Additives / Robert K. Bush and Michelle M. Montalbano -- 28. Urticaria, Angioedema, and Anaphylaxis Provoked by Food and Drug Additives / John V. Bosso and Ronald A. Simon -- 29. Sulfites / Steve L. Taylor, Robert K. Bush and Julie A. Nordlee -- 30. Monosodium Glutamate / Katharine M. Woessner -- 31. Tartrazine, Azo, and Non-azo Dyes / Donald D. Stevenson -- 32. Adverse Reactions to the Antioxidants Butylated Hydroxyanisole and Butylated Hydroxytoluene / Richard W. Weber -- 33. Adverse Reactions to Benzoates and Parabens / John M. Fahrenholz and Keegan M. Smith -- 34. Food Colorings and Flavors / Matthew Greenhawt and James L. Baldwin -- Pt. 5. Contemporary Topics in Adverse Reactions to Foods -- 35. Pharmacologic Food Reactions / Robert W. Keeton, Jr., James L. Baldwin and Andrew M. Singer -- 36. The Management of Food Allergy / Anne Munoz-Furlong and Hugh A. Sampson -- 37. The Natural History of Food Allergy / Robert A. Wood -- 38. Prevention of Food Allergy / Gideon Lack and George Du Toit -- 39. Diets and Nutrition / Marion Groetch -- 40. Food Toxicology / Steve L. Taylor -- 41. Seafood Toxins / Soheil Chegini and Dean D. Metcalfe -- 42. Neurological Reactions to Foods and Food Additives / Richard W. Weber -- 43. Experimental Approaches to the Study of Food Allergy / M. Cecilia Berin -- 44. Food Allergy: Psychological Considerations / Lourdes B. de Asis and Ronald A. Simon -- 45. Foods and Rheumatological Diseases / Lisa K. Stamp and Leslie G. Cleland -- 46. Therapeutic Approaches under Development / Miae Oh, Hugh A. Sampson and Xiu-Min Li -- 47. Food-Dependent Exercise- and Pressure-Induced Syndromes / Adam N. Williams and Ronald A. Simon.

ISBN

• 9781405151290 (alk. paper)
• 1405151293 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2007036832

OCLC

• ocn170955228
• 170955228
• SCSB-5397518

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries