Assessing eczema and food allergy in young children
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چکیده
. . 1 LIST OF ORIGINAL PAPERS ... . 3 ABBREVIATIONS .. 4 DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS .... 5 INTRODUCTION ..... 7 The Atopic March ............... 8 Risk factors in atopic disease .. 8 Prevention of atopic disease 10 Eczema 11 Genetics .. 11 Skin pathology 11 Immunopathology .. 12 Clinical features of atopic eczema . 13 Diagnostic criteria for atopic eczema 14 SCORAD ... 15 Treatment of eczema .. 16 Gastrointestinal inflammation, eczema and nitric oxide 17 Food Allergy .. 18 Food allergy mechanisms .. 19 Clinical manifestations in food allergy .. 20 Food allergy and its effect on intake, growth and quality of life ... 21 Diagnosing food allergy . 21 Skin prick test (SPT) 23 Specific IgE in sera .. 25 Oral food challenge standardized open and double-blind placebo controlled (DBPCFC) .27 Treatment of food allergy .. 31 Appendix 1, statistics . 32 THE THESIS Assessing eczema and food allergy in young children ..33 AIMS OF THE THESIS .. 34 MATERIAL AND METHODS ... 35 RESULTS 40 DISCUSSION . 48 CONCLUSIONS . 53 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . 54 REFERENCES 56 PAPERS I-V 63
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