Immediate Hypersensitivity to Common Food Allergens: An Investigation on Food Sensitization in Respiratory Allergic Patients of Calcutta, India

Background Food allergy may be defined as an immunoglobulin E-mediated immune response to food proteins. Such studies have previously not been done in Calcutta, India. The present study was therefore undertaken to record the sensitivity to commonly consumed foods in patients with allergic rhinitis a...

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Main Authors: Jyotshna Mandal, Mahasweta Das, Indrani Roy, Soma Chatterjee, Nimai Chandra Barui, Swati Gupta-Bhattacharya, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-01-01
Series:World Allergy Organization Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1939455119305009